Selected Shenzhen residents to get lottery 'red envelopes' with digital yuan
Winners of the city's lottery will have 10 days to spend their gifted digital currency, at any of 10,000 supported merchants. Programs to pilot and encourage widespread adoption of China's central bank digital currency, known as DC/EP or the digital yuan, are continuing apace. As a New Year's offering, the city of Shenzhen is offering its residents the option to register to take part in a municipal lottery, as of Jan. 1, with registrations closing this morning, Jan. 4, at 10 a.m. local time. Those interested were able to sign up for the lottery using the iShenzhen event registration....
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The city of Shenzhen has launched the third round of its central bank digital currency pilot in the form of a promotional lottery scheme offering residents handouts during local festivities. Residents of the Longhua District in the Chinese city of Shenzhen will have a chance to participate in a forthcoming lottery event that aims to encourage the adoption of the country's new central bank digital currency — known alternatively as the DC/EP, digital renminbi, or digital yuan. Announced on Jan. 20, the lottery is scheduled for Jan. 26, when lots will be drawn to select the 100,000 winners....
As part of government efforts to get the digital yuan going, authorities in Shanghai will distribute $3 million worth of the central bank-issued currency among residents of Shanghai. The digital money will be dispersed through a lottery, a method that has already been implemented elsewhere in China. Lottery Winners to Get 350,000 Digital Red Envelopes The city of Shanghai is going to hand out 19.25 million yuan in digital currency, or around $3 million. The money will be distributed among local consumers through a lottery system, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported quoting the....
Beijing residents should apply to participate in the lottery until midnight on June 7. The Chinese government is launching another digital yuan lottery to stimulate its ongoing digital currency trials, this time in the capital of Beijing.The Beijing Local Financial Supervision and Administration officially announced Tuesday that the government will distribute 40 million digital yuan ($6.2 million) to Beijing residents as part of a new digital currency pilot.Starting in June, the program features “red envelopes” — a traditional way of gifting money, with each providing a free online wallet....
After years of rumors and leaks on Chinese social media, Shenzhen residents became the first in the country to trial the digital yuan. Distribution of funds took place via a lottery-style promotion with 50,000 “red packets,” each worth 200 yuan ($30), up for grabs. Chinese citizens living in Shenzhen registered their interest via the local […]
Some winners purchased additional digital yuan during the pilot. The vast majority of China’s $1.5 million digital yuan lottery winners have received and spent their “red packets” of digital yuan.As of Oct. 18, a total of 47,573 out of 50,000 lottery winners in China have received their prizes, Shenzhen authorities officially announced on Sunday. According to the announcement, the winners conducted a total of 62,788 transactions accounting for 8.8 million yuan ($1.3 million). This amount represents about 88% of the total 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) that was to be distributed in the....