19/08/2021
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Digital RMB Wallets Available in Gyms
• According to the official official account of Shanghai Jing'an, the Jing'an District Sports Bureau and the Bank of Communications have launched a digital RMB wallet pilot in more than 80 fitness venues in Jing'an District. Currently, the digital RMB payment function has been launched on the Jing'an Sports Charity Distribution platform for consumer payment. Citizens can log in to the Jing'an Sports APP at 12 o'clock and 4 o'clock every day to receive 80 yuan (available for a purchasae of 180 yuan) and 60 yuan (available for a purchase of 100 yuan) coupons.
• Beijing Municipal People’s Government, announced Beijing’s Fourteenth Five-Year Plan in the High-precision Industry Development Plan. The Plan pointed out that there will be two industrial clusters in the north and south of Beijing. The northern R&D innovation and information industry in Haidian District in Shanghai will develop a new generation of information technology, blockchain and advanced computing. Chaoyang District will develop information content, industrial Internet, blockchain and advanced computing. Blockchain will become "Beijing Intelligent Manufacturing" and "Beijing Service" The new business card block chain and advanced computing focus on the layout of Haidian, Chaoyang and other districts, and strive to achieve operating income of more than 600 billion yuan by 2025.
• The China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. issued the first non-resident enterprise to withhold and pay the blockchain tax payment voucher through the Electronic Taxation Bureau. It is reported that the blockchain tax payment voucher is a new module jointly developed by the Revenue Planning and Accounting Office, the Tax Administration and Technology Development Office of the Shenzhen Taxation Bureau, and the Information Centre. Transparent, non-tamperable, traceable, safe and reliable and other data management features to manage tax receipts and taxes. The person in charge of the Shenzhen Municipal Taxation Bureau emphasized that it is necessary to continue to leverage the advantages of blockchain technology and expand the application of blockchain in the electronic reform of value-added tax invoices, data asset appreciation, and credit system construction, so as to create a richer and more diverse application. The "chain" of ecology. (Shenzhen Commercial Daily)
• The latest survey report of the Bank for International Settlements shows that about 86% of central banks in 65 countries or economies have carried out digital currency research, and the number of central banks undergoing experiments or proof-of-concept has increased from 42% in 2019 to 60% in 2020. According to the information disclosed in the White Paper on China's Digital Renminbi Research and Development Progress (hereinafter referred to as the "White Paper") issued by the Central Bank of China in July, banks in Europe, United States and Asia-Pacific region has, in recent years, has dabbled in digital currency. The central bank's considerations and plans for digital currency. (Qingdao Finance and Economics Daily)
• Jing Junhai, secretary of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee, visited the Provincial Government Affairs Hall yesterday to learn more about government services and digital construction. During the investigation, Jing Junhai presided over the meeting. After listening to the situation, Jing Junhai emphasized that it is necessary to improve the digital infrastructure, actively promote new infrastructure such as blockchain and promote the construction of digital governance and expand the construction of digital Jilin. (Jilin Daily)