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In a first for both PetroChina and the digital yuan, the Chinese oil and gas company reportedly settled a trade with the country\u2019s central bank digital currency (CBDC).\u00a0<\/p>\n
The news was first reported by China Daily, a paper owned by the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n
PetroChina allegedly bought a million barrels of crude at the Shanghai Petroleum and Natural Gas Exchange (SHPGX), with the transaction settled by e-CNY.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The announcement<\/a> from Friday, made by the SHPGX, did not disclose either the seller or the deal\u2019s value.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government issued work requirements\u2026The Shanghai Oil and Gas Trading Center responded to the call and actively promoted the embedding of digital renminbi in cross-border renminbi payments when expanding international oil and gas trade transactions,\u201d a translated version of the announcement said.\u00a0<\/p>\n The digital yuan was first created in 2021, seven years after the People\u2019s Bank of China first started working on the project<\/a> back in 2014. In April, reports claimed that Changshu<\/a> \u2014 a city in the Jiangsu province of East China \u2014 paid civil servants and government employees in the CBDC<\/a>.<\/p>\n The communist country has been working to incorporate the CBDC and create use cases for it. At the start of this year, the People\u2019s Bank of China first included the CBDC<\/a> in its official cash reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n While China is one of the few countries to have a rolled-out CBDC, a Bank of International Settlements survey found that roughly 93% of central banks admitted<\/a> that they\u2019re interested in exploring \u201csome form\u201d of a CBDC.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t miss the next big story \u2013 join our\u00a0free daily newsletter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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