China News Service, Beijing, January 5 (Reporter Xia Bin) After the digital RMB App pilot version is officially launched in major application markets, digital RMB can also be used to pay for meals when ordering food.
A reporter from Chinanews.com learned from Meituan on the 5th that residents in 11 digital renminbi pilot areas, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, can choose to pay in digital renminbi when ordering food.
The actual test experience found that after adding the digital renminbi sub-wallet to Meituan, users can use the digital renminbi to pay for daily Meituan takeaway orders, feel the new payment experience, and enjoy the full-scene red envelope discounts of the digital renminbi.
This is the first important action of the digital renminbi scenario support organization since the pilot version of the digital renminbi app was officially launched in major application markets.
Meituan's 2021 second-quarter performance report shows that the average daily transaction volume of Meituan food and beverage delivery reached 38.9 million.
Industry insiders believe that the official launch of the digital renminbi App indicates to a certain extent that the exploration of digital renminbi has entered the full-scale testing stage. As more and more UHF livelihood application scenarios such as food delivery are accessed, the application ecology of digital renminbi, The scale of the transaction is expected to be greatly improved at this stage.
Pan Helin, Executive Dean of the Institute of Digital Economy, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, believes that the current digital RMB pilot is constantly expanding in new scenarios, from head payment requirements to long-tail payment requirements, from single to multiple scenarios, and from offline to offline. Above, from domestic to cross-border, digital renminbi is constantly expanding the boundaries of application scenarios.
"With the launch of the digital RMB App, the scope of the pilot area should be expanded as soon as possible to allow more people to participate in the pilot. At the same time, it is also a test of the technical level. Look at the carrying capacity of the digital RMB to deal with payments." Pan Helin said .
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