30 million yuan "new year red envelopes"! Suzhou will issue a new round of digital RMB red envelopes

　　Xinhua News Agency, Nanjing, February 4 (Reporters Pan Ye, Wu Yu) Following the distribution of 20 million digital RMB consumption red packets in December last year, the Suzhou Municipal People’s Government announced on the 4th that it would start the "Digital RMB·Suzhou New Year Festival" on the 5th. In the "Jingdong Special" event, a red envelope of 30 million yuan was distributed locally for the New Year’s Festival.

　　According to reports, the event was jointly organized by the Suzhou Municipal People’s Government and Jingdong Group. In the form of digital RMB New Year red envelopes, 150,000 red envelopes will be distributed to all citizens working or living in Suzhou, each with an amount of 200 yuan, totaling 30 million. yuan.

　　The Suzhou Digital RMB Red Packet will be issued in the form of "lottery drawing". The appointment channel will be opened at 0:00 on February 5th this year and closed at 24:00 on February 6th.

Local citizens can make an appointment through the JD App and Su Zhoudao App.

The draw result will be announced at 18:00 on February 10.

From 18:00 on February 10th to 24:00 on February 26th, citizens who have won the bid can use the digital RMB Suzhou New Year’s Festival red envelopes for consumption at designated online e-commerce or Suzhou designated offline merchants.

　　It is reported that this is the second time that Suzhou City has launched a large-scale digital RMB pilot program.

During the "Double 12 Suzhou Shopping Festival" at the end of 2020, the Suzhou Municipal Government issued a red envelope of 20 million yuan for consumption to citizens.

This digital RMB New Year red envelope activity will be carried out by selecting merchants and designated online e-commerce companies (JD.com) that have completed digital RMB collection equipment upgrades within the Suzhou city. The city plans to build a consumer terminal that can use digital RMB New Year red envelopes There are tens of thousands of merchants, covering shopping malls, supermarkets, daily retail, catering consumption, and life services.

　　Industry insiders believe that the "Digital RMB·Suzhou New Year Festival Jingdong Special" event will help consolidate and expand the effectiveness of the digital RMB pilot program in Suzhou. It is expected to further boost consumer confidence and release consumer demand during the Spring Festival holiday.