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主题语境：科技信息与发明创新 体裁：记叙文 阅读建议时长：7min 原文出处：China Daily 词数：304 难度：★★★ 文章导读： 春节期间你收获了多少压岁钱？如果你收到的红包都是现金的话，那么你已经开始落伍了！因为数字人民币已经“打入”红包市场了！ Digital Yuan Boosts China’s Consumption 数字人民币促消费 On the first day of the Year of the Rabbit, Li, a mother in North China’s Tianjin, was preparing a red packet for her daughter. Instead of drawing money from a bank and putting it in a red envelope, this year, she chose to use the e-CNY① application to pass on her best wishes. Issued by the People’s Bank of China, China’s Central bank, digital yuan is designed to be treated as M0②, meaning cash in circulation, such as coins and banknotes. At present, 17 provincial-level areas in China have piloted the use of digital yuan. During the Spring Festival holiday, a large number of red packets of digital yuan have also been distributed to people across the country. Cities including Beijing, Hangzhou, and Shenzhen, have issued e-CNY coupons. For example, Shenzhen distributed 2 million red packets of digital yuan for catering consumption in mid-January, with a total value of 100 million yuan. People received  coupons ranging from 28 yuan to 666 yuan. The numbers of six and eight both symbolize good luck in Chinese culture. Mrs. Qiu from Shenzhen had a free KFC meal with a digital yuan coupon with a face value of 28 yuan.  “Digital yuan has made life a little more interesting and brought new      impetus       to traditional festivals. I’m looking forward to the next festival even more now,” she said. As of late January, more than 90 internet platforms have also opened up to accept digital currency, such as JD.COM, Taobao, and Meituan. According to information from Meituan, more than 16 million online wallets of digital currency were pushed to the Meituan App, producing nearly 40 million digital yuan trading orders. Digital currency is an important part of the digital financial system, said Dong Ximiao, a researcher with Merchants Union Consumer Finance Company Limited③. “Digital yuan helps