Several cities and regions have applied to authorities for permission to roll out testing of the digital yuan. Applicants include Henan, Fujian and Heilongjiang provinces, and the cities of Guangzhou, Chongqing, Fuzhou, and Xiamen.
China has run public trials of its digital yuan, also known as the 'e-cny', in cities including Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen. The currency has yet to attain mass adoption, however. The country's mobile payment services run by Ant Group and Tencent Holdings remain wildly popular.
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