China's trials of digital RMB expanded into six more areas by the end of 2020, and the final timetable to officially launch this digitalized legal tender has not yet been decided, said a senior central bank official on Monday. The trials now focus on small and retail payments for some selected groups of users. New pilot areas were expanded to Shanghai, Changsha in Central China's Hunan province, Xi'an in Northwest China's Shaanxi province, Qingdao in East China's Shandong province, Dalian in Northeast China's Liaoning province and South China's Hainan province by October 2020, according to Li Bin, head of the Macroprudential Policy Bureau of the People's Bank of China, the central bank.

中国人民银行审慎管理局局长李斌4月12日透露，到2020年10月数字人民币增加了上海、海南、长沙、西安、青岛、大连6个试点测试地区。目前数字人民币总体处于试点测试阶段，正式推出还没有时间表。数字人民币试点测试以受邀白名单用户小额交易为主。

The pilot programs of digital RMB are expanding, with a gradual increase of the application scenarios and innovations of the application mode. The overall operation system is stable, which preliminarily verifies the feasibility and reliability of digital RMB's policy, technology and relevant services, Li said.

目前数字人民币试点范围有序扩大，应用场景逐步丰富，应用模式持续创新，系统运行总体稳定，初步验证了数字人民币在理论政策、技术和业务上的可行性和可靠性。

So far, the testing scenarios have included living payment, catering service, transportation, shopping and government services, and the central bank will step up testing to improve the security and stability of the digital RMB system, he added.

使用场景覆盖生活缴费、餐饮服务、交通出行、购物消费、政务服务等多个领域。下一阶段央行将进一步测试，提升系统的安全性、稳定性。