Virtual monetary policy 2018 China
Some virtual currencies are illegal in China. Chinese laws prohibit virtual currencies. The only legal currency in China is RMB. Since the people's Republic of China issued RMB, it has lasted 71 years. With the development of economic construction and the needs of people's life, it has graally improved and improved. So far, it has issued five sets of RMB, forming a multi variety and multi series monetary system of paper money and metal money, ordinary commemorative money and precious metal commemorative money
except for 1,2,5 fen coins, the first, second and third sets of RMB have been withdrawn from circulation, and the fourth set of RMB has been suspended from circulation since May 1, 2018 (except 1 jiao, 5 jiao notes and 5 jiao, 1 yuan coins). The current circulation of RMB is mainly the fifth set of RMB issued in 1999
the people's Bank of China is scheled to issue the fifth set of RMB 50 yuan, 20 yuan, 10 yuan, 1 yuan banknotes and 1 yuan, 5 jiao, 1 jiao coins of the 2019 edition from August 30, 2019. The fifth set of RMB inherits the traditional experience of China's printing technology and draws lessons from the advanced technology of foreign banknote design, which has greatly improved its anti-counterfeiting performance and currency processing modernization
Chairman Mao Zedong's head portrait in the early days of the founding of the people's Republic of China is used on the front of each denomination currency, the famous Chinese flower pattern is used on the bottom, and the main scenery pattern on the back fully shows China's long history and magnificent mountains and rivers, and carries forward China's great national culture by selecting representative patterns with national characteristics
in the era of material abundance, money can buy what you want and enrich your life. Therefore, people have a dream of realizing wealth freedom and entering a better life there are many such dreams, which are often used. With the development of the Internet, online transactions have become more convenient and fast, people's financial management ideas have improved, and they will take spare money to invest, but the bank interest is low, the fund will not choose, and the stock water is too deep. Generally speaking, the income can't tempt greedy people
1. It is illegal to have a financial trading platform that is not recognized by China Securities Regulatory Commission and China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission. With the concept of blockchain being put forward, virtual currency has become popular. In China, there are bitcoin, Leyte coin, Ruitai coin, etc. the income of these virtual currencies has been blown to be amazing. People who listen to these virtual currencies will be envious and have new illusions. They don't know that this is just a Ponzi scheme, and the virtual currency trading platform will trick investors into inviting them, After the investors' funds are cheated, there will be a series of figures. Some of them will fall sharply as soon as they buy, and smart people can stop losses. Some of them will go up sharply when they buy, and investors will continue to add chips, and finally they can't cash out
China's regulatory authorities have stopped the issuance and trading of virtual currency, and China's policy does not allow the issuance of any virtual currency
Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the central bank, said at last year's Boao Forum that bitcoin, like stamps collected by stamp collectors, has collection value, and people regard it as an asset to trade rather than a payment currency, so there is no question of banning it for the central bank. This is also the only time central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan has made a statement on the currency
in the bitcoin risk notice issued by the central bank and other five ministries and commissions at the end of 2013, bitcoin was clearly defined as a special Internet commodity, which people can buy and sell freely under the premise of free but risk, denying its monetary attribute. At this stage, all financial hooks are not allowed to provide bitcoin related services
since 2013, the popular virtual currencies are bitcoin, Fuyuan coin, Laite coin, doggy coin and so on.
notice of the people's Bank of China, Ministry of instry and information technology, China Banking Regulatory Commission, China Securities Regulatory Commission and China Insurance Regulatory Commission on bitcoin risk prevention
notice on bitcoin risk prevention
recently, A kind of so-called "bitcoin" calculated by a specific computer program has attracted wide attention in the world, and some domestic institutions and indivials take the opportunity to hype bitcoin and its related procts. In order to protect the property rights and interests of the public, protect the legal tender status of RMB, prevent the risk of money laundering and maintain financial stability, in accordance with the law of the people's Republic of China on the people's Bank of China, the anti money laundering law of the people's Republic of China, the commercial bank law of the people's Republic of China, the telecommunication regulations of the people's Republic of China and other relevant laws and regulations, We hereby inform you of the following matters:
first, we should have a correct understanding of the attributes of bitcoin. Although bitcoin is called "currency", it is not a real currency because it is not issued by the monetary authority and has no legal compensation and mandatory monetary attributes. In nature, bitcoin should be a specific virtual commodity, which does not have the same legal status as currency, and can not and should not be used as currency in the market< Second, financial institutions and Payment institutions are not allowed to carry out bitcoin related business
at this stage, financial institutions and Payment institutions are not allowed to price bitcoin as a proct or service, buy or sell bitcoin as a central counterparties, underwrite bitcoin related insurance business or include bitcoin into the scope of insurance liability, Shall not directly or indirectly provide customers with other services related to bitcoin, including: providing customers with bitcoin registration, trading, clearing, settlement and other services; Accept bitcoin or use bitcoin as a payment and settlement tool; Carry out bitcoin and RMB and foreign currency exchange services; Carry out bitcoin storage, custody, mortgage and other services; Issuing financial procts related to bitcoin; Take bitcoin as the investment target of trust, fund, etc
Third, strengthen the management of bitcoin Internet sites
in accordance with the telecommunication regulations of the people's Republic of China and the measures for the administration of Internet information services, Internet sites providing bitcoin registration, trading and other services should be filed with the telecommunications regulatory agency
in accordance with the identification and punishment opinions of relevant administrative departments, the telecommunications regulatory authorities shut down illegal bitcoin Internet stations in accordance with the law< Fourth, to guard against the possible money laundering risk caused by bitcoin
all branches of the people's Bank of China should pay close attention to the trend and situation of bitcoin and other similar virtual commodities with the characteristics of anonymity and cross-border circulation convenience, carefully study and judge the money laundering risk, and study and formulate targeted preventive measures. All branches shall bring into anti money laundering supervision the institutions established according to law and providing bitcoin registration, trading and other services within their jurisdiction, and urge them to strengthen anti money laundering monitoring
Internet stations that provide bitcoin registration and transaction services should fulfill their obligations to fight money laundering, identify users' identities, and require users to register with real names, register name, ID number and other information.
all financial institutions, Payment institutions and Internet websites providing bitcoin registration, trading and other services should report to China Anti Money Laundering Monitoring and Analysis Center immediately if they find suspicious transactions related to bitcoin and other virtual commodities, and cooperate with the anti money laundering investigation activities of the people's Bank of China; If any criminal activity clues such as fraud, gambling, money laundering are found using bitcoin, they should report to the public security organ in time< All departments, financial institutions and Payment institutions should correctly use the concept of money in their daily work, and pay attention to strengthening the ecation of the public's knowledge of money, so as to have a correct understanding of money, a correct view of virtual goods and virtual money, rational investment, a reasonable control of investment risks, and a rational understanding of the concept of money The concept of maintaining the safety of their own property should be included in the content of financial knowledge popularization activities to guide the public to establish a correct concept of money and investment
all financial regulatory agencies may formulate relevant implementation rules in accordance with this circular
the Shanghai headquarters of the people's Bank of China, all branches, business management departments and central sub branches of provincial capital cities are requested to forward this circular to all local financial institutions and Payment institutions within their jurisdiction. Please report to the people's Bank of China in time any new situation or problem found ring the implementation of this circular.