The People’s Bank of China is all but ready to launch the new digital yuan to help the people of china get ahead with the race of digital currency. It intends to allow anonymous transactions of very small amounts to protect the anonymity needs of the clients while remaining within reason. According to one official at the bank, the Chinese authorities are willing to make sure that users get the maximum privacy detail regarding the central bank and their use of the digital currency yuan. 

According to the officials at the bank, complete anonymity regarding the people’s Bank of China is not feasible at all as the national digital currency must oblige with the anti-money laundering rules and compliances, and not only this, but these also have to comply with counter-terror financing and anti-tax evasion policies as well. These are some very strict rules that are being implemented by the Chinese regulatory authorities on the use of the digital currency yuan.

Controlled Anonymity and China’s New Digital Currency

Controlled anonymity is the setup that the Chinese government is willing to fly by as long as every transaction performed using the digital currency comply with their strict requirements, the anonymity of the user won’t remain a threat. But be that as it may, the authorities will still know their identity, so the whole aspect of using the digital currency is kind of gone like a poof, right? 

Well, according to the Chinese authorities, it is a No because they won’t expose a user’s identity as long as their transactions comply with their strict laws. Even the telecom operators in China, which are connected with the research and development of digital yuan, are not at liberty to disclose any personal data or the users’ contact information. 

So, in all its entirety, this approach taken by China is pretty decent as it ensures that the security as well the privacy of the clients remain intact along with the fact that their transactions don’t pose any threat to their strict rules, which the authorities have drafted, so it is kind of a win-win situation here.