Digital Yuan Service Desk at the National Stadium
"On February 4, I bought lunch in the supermarket in Beijing's Winter Olympic Village, used the newly applied digital yuan card of the Bank of China, and 'touched' the POS machine of the merchant through the glass, and completed the payment, which is very convenient for me who is used to mobile payment and never takes cash out." Ms. Liu, a volunteer at the Winter Olympics, introduced her experience of using digital yuan for the first time in the venues of the Winter Olympics to the China Times.
During the Winter Olympics, Chinese residents and foreign friends can use a wealth of digital yuan products in China to enjoy the convenience of small amounts of convenient mobile payment, and a digital yuan service desk has been set up at the scene of the Winter Olympic Games at the National Stadium. For example, in the vicinity of the Winter Olympic mascot "Ice Pier", which was once sold out of stock at the Winter Olympic venues, many consumers used digital yuan to pay quickly.
Great convenience for Winter Olympics payment
A few days after the opening of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, from the construction of high-tech venues that were officially unveiled at the opening ceremony to the heroic and cheerful athletes, all of them triggered the topic of the future. AI weather forecast host, AI coach, hydrogen energy car, six-legged ski robot... Artificial intelligence, 5G, blockchain, cloud computing and other "high-tech content" make this Winter Olympics bring a unique feeling to athletes and spectators around the world. The convenience brought by the digital yuan full of scientific and technological sense is a major highlight.
In the Winter Olympics scenario, limited to the commercial brand rights and interests of the Winter Olympics, VISA and cash (physical and digital yuan) payments are supported in the Winter Olympic venues. In the case of not supporting payments such as WeChat and Alipay, for users who are accustomed to mobile payment, the use of digital yuan can eliminate the inconvenience of carrying cash.
Industry insiders introduced to reporters that according to the provisions of the IOC's regulations on the protection of the rights and interests of exclusive sponsors in the TOP partner category, as a global Olympic partner, VISA is the exclusive payment service provider officially designated by the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
That is to say, within the scope of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games competition venues, opening and closing ceremony venues, media villages, Winter Olympic villages, training areas and other places, VISA exclusively enjoys the rights and interests of mobile payment, and WeChat and Alipay, which are commonly used in China, cannot be used in the aforementioned places.
However, because the digital renminbi is a legal tender in the form of digitals issued by the Chinese Bank, it is a sovereign currency with value characteristics and legal solvency, so it is not subject to the above regulations. For Chinese and some foreign friends who are accustomed to mobile payment, the use of digital yuan can facilitate payment.
This reporter learned that overseas visitors to China can apply for a hard wallet according to their own needs, or they can also use their overseas mobile phone number to open an anonymous four types of wallets through the digital YUAN App downloaded in China, and exchange digital yuan with cash or wild cards.
On February 4, at the Digital Yuan Service Desk at the National Stadium, BOC employees introduced the digital yuan to foreign friends attending the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics
Industry insiders told reporters: "Due to the loose coupling of digital yuan bank accounts, it is not necessary to have a bank account to open a wallet. If consumers just want to make daily small purchases, they only need a mobile phone number to open four types of wallets for any operating institution. ”
At present, the Digital Yuan APP supports the registration and opening of mobile phone numbers in nearly 100 countries and regions participating in the Winter Olympic Games.
Touch and sweep
Whether consumers use the Digital Yuan APP or exchange the Digital Yuan hard wallet, it is very convenient to use. Payment can be realized by touching and sweeping. The convenient contactless payment of the digital yuan can fully meet the epidemic prevention requirements of the Winter Olympics and help the safe Olympic Games, which is also its unique advantage.
Hard wallet opening is simple and convenient to use, and all consumers can easily obtain and open digital RMB wallets through channels such as Bank of China outlets, hard wallet self-service exchange machines, and designated hotels.
Ms. Liu told reporters: "When applying for cards, bank employees introduced to me that the card exclusive to the Winter Olympics is a form of digital YUAN hard wallet, the theme of the card is the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics mascot ice pier and the Winter Paralympic mascot Snow Rongrong, with digital yuan, VISA and the logo of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games and other symbols. ”
The Digital Yuan Soft Wallet, also known as the Digital Yuan APP, only needs to be downloaded from the mobile app store. At the beginning of 2022, the Digital Yuan APP has been listed in various mobile phone application stores in China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), foreign visitors to China who use Apple mobile phones, register apple id in China, you can search for keywords such as digital yuan and ecny through the App Store, find the digital yuan APP to download and install; foreign visitors to China who use Android mobile phones can go to the official download page of the digital yuan (BOC provides access to the QR code), download the installation package and install it directly.
Bank of China Beijing Main Media Center Branch, consumers use self-service exchange machines to exchange "Winter Olympics-themed digital RMB hard wallets"
Among them, hard wallets include card-type hard wallets, bracelet hard wallets and other forms, which can be obtained and used anonymously, which is safe, convenient and fully protects personal privacy, and fully meets the needs of users for small and anonymous payments.
Users who have downloaded the Digital Yuan APP can conveniently "paste a sticker" if they have purchased a hard wallet for the Winter Olympics. The "sticker" function in the Digital Yuan App allows soft and hard wallets to be "interconnected" and manage hardware wallets on mobile phones to make hardware wallets more secure.
This reporter noted that the "sticker" can read the device loaded with the digital RMB hardware wallet, after opening the mobile phone NFC function, the hardware wallet and the mobile phone NFC area are kept close, and the mobile phone APP can read the hardware wallet information. After "posting a sticker", you can use the Digital RMB APP to set the payment password, query the balance and transaction details, recharge, report loss and cancellation, etc. of the hardware wallet.
Editor-in-Charge: Meng Junlian Editor-in-Chief: Ran Xuedong