In Celebration of the XXIV Winter Olympics

The Peoples Bank of China has issued a set of 20 yuan commemorative banknotes for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. The set, which includes a polymer note and a paper note, have been produced by China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation.

The paper banknote features a freestyle skiing athlete on the front and the National Ski Jumping Center in Zhangjiakou City, locally known as the ‘Snow Ruyi’, on the back. The polymer note features figure skaters on the front; the building on the reverse is the ‘Ice Cube’ – the Olympics’ competition venue. Both feature the official emblem of the 24th Winter Olympics.

A total of 200 million sets of the commemorative banknotes will be issued.

These add to the commemorative HK$20 and 20 patacas notes issued to mark the Olympics by the Bank of China in Hong Kong and Macau respectively, as announced in last month‘s issue.