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Li Yan of The Beijing Financial Supervision Bureau: Using the Winter Olympics scene to vigorously promote digital currency pilots

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Li Yan of The Beijing Financial Supervision Bureau: Using the Winter Olympics scene to vigorously promote digital currency pilots

Beijing News Shell Financial News (reporter Huang Xinyu) On December 15, at the 2020 Fourth China Internet Finance Forum hosted by the China Internet Finance Association and others, Li Yan, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Financial Supervision Bureau, introduced that Beijing will vigorously promote the digital currency pilot, "According to the approval of the State Council, the pilot mainly focuses on the Winter Olympics scene." ”

On September 4 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping announced two major policies for Beijing during the 2020 Service Trade Fair, which are collectively known as Beijing's "two regions" policy. Li Yan specifically introduced that the "two zones" policy "is to support Beijing to build a comprehensive demonstration zone for the expansion and opening up of the national service industry, and the other is to set up a free trade experimental zone with scientific and technological innovation, service industry opening up, and digital economy as the main features." ”

There are 102 articles in the "two zones" policy that deal with the financial sector. Among them, in the free trade zone policy of the "two zones" policy, it is clearly stated that Beijing will build a legal digital currency pilot zone and a digital financial system, and at the same time, Beijing supports the establishment of a financial technology center by the Digital Currency Research Institute of the People's Bank of China.

According to Li Yan, at present, this work is under the leadership of the People's Bank of China, and the Municipal Financial Supervision Bureau will work with relevant departments to jointly promote and step up the landing.

Beijing News shell financial reporter Huang Xinyu Editor Wang Jinyu Proofreader Liu Jun

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