The People's Bank of China explicitly proposed steadily developing the digital yuan in the 15th Five-Year Plan.

The People's Bank of China proposed in the "People's Bank of China '15th Five-Year' Reform and Development Plan" to optimize financial infrastructure and the central bank service system, improve payment, treasury, and cash services, steadily develop the digital yuan, and promote the high-quality development of the credit reporting industry and strengthen anti-money laundering supervision, so as to support the building of a financial powerhouse and high-quality economic development. It will strengthen the governance foundation for the central bank's fulfillment of responsibilities and comprehensively advance the construction of a rule-of-law central bank and a digital central bank.