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China has opened the Shanghai Digital Yuan Hub for cross-border, blockchain services



China’s Central Bank opened a new operation center for the digital yuan in Shanghai. The center will guard the platforms for cross-border payments, blockchain services and digital assets as part of the continued development of the digital yuan.

The State-Run Xinhua News Agency reported the News On Thursday, a statement from the People’s Bank of China was mentioned.

According to Xinhua, the center is designed to promote the role of digital yuan in global finances. During the launch, officials opened a cross-border payment platform, a blockchain service platform and a digital asset platform.

Hub is one of the eight steps outlined by People’s Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Pan Gongsheng In an event in June. According to Pan, the center aims to advance Yuan internationalization.

At this time, he threw the push into a “multipolar” financial outlook where a lot of money supports the global economy.

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Tian Xuan, president of the National Institute of Financial Research at Tsinghua University, called the launch “an important step” that could boost China’s influence on the international financial system and offers a “Chinese solution” for improving cross-border payment infrastructure infrastructure.

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