Within a few month, we are going to have a new set of banknotes. These bills will have new security features, that will make printing fake money even harder .
We’ve been using banknotes for around 1,000 years. Back in the Northern Song Dynasty, the world’s earliest paper money naming jiaozi was made by Chinese people. Obvious, paper money is cheaper to make and easy to carry than metal coins. But now, in the digital age, paper money seemed to be disappearing. From supermarkets to street stalls (小摊) , people pay by use the Wechat Wallet and Alipay apps on your phones. But some say it may be take a little longer than you think see paper money go away.