A | The Build Back Better World (B3W) program was pompously announced by the club of seven developed nations to counter China's Belt and Road at the G7 Summit in Cornwall in July 2021. However, little had been heard of the G7's endeavor since then. In June 2022, the Group of Seven decided to breathe new life into the project.,"So far, America has failed to build momentum on its plan to Build Back a Better World," says Francesco Sisci, a Beijing-based China expert, author, and columnist. "However, with this new G7 plan, which includes other countries, this momentum could start to be built. It is a question mark. Nobody is sure until things are realized. But you cannot just underestimate and dismiss this plan, because there is a large commitment of many countries with a large economy and this plan could make big sense.",The G7's grand design envisages laying a secure sub-sea telecommunications cable that will connect Singapore to France through Egypt and the Horn of Africa; creating a COVID-19 vaccine plant in Senegal; expanding solar projects in Angola, including solar mini-grids and home power grids; and establishing an innovative modular nuclear reactor plant in Romania, among other issues.,The US president pledged to mobilize $200 billion in investments in global infrastructure projects over the next five years. The overall investment, including G7 member states and private capital, is expected to reach $600 billion.,"With two competing plans - size matters, at the end of the day," says Sisci. "That is, China may be able to immediately finalize a lot of money in a short time in a number of projects. The G7 countries could be slower, but eventually they could build up momentum and they could channel much more money much more effectively, perhaps, in a much larger number of projects which could stifle Chinese projects.",Sisci suggests that the club of developed capitalist countries "may end up being more effective in many ways [than China], a smaller non-capitalist country.","China, but also Russia, by far, don't have the size, the gravitas to oppose even a divided G7, which is coming together because of this opposition to China or Russia-driven projects," he notes.,UK's Looming Recession is Self-Inflicted, BoJo and BoE are to Blame, Economists Say19 June, 12:09 GMT,G7 Economic & Geopolitical Hurdles,However, some other observers express skepticism over the ability of the US and G7 to implement the project given record-high inflation and cost of living crisis currently engulfing the states. The US, British and European central banks are struggling to tame skyrocketing inflation by raising interest rates to reduce demand, which is prompting recession fears.,"Washington claims they are going to be sending over $200 billion. But where's the money coming from and how is it going to be really used?" asks Thomas W. Pauken II, the author of "US vs China: From Trade War to Reciprocal Deal," a consultant on Asia-Pacific affairs and a geopolitical commentator.,He notes that previously the US Senate voted Biden's landmark Build Back Better initiative down, and for good reason, as Republican congressmen feared that the Democratic administration's spending spree would fan inflation and increase an already bloated national debt.,Pauken also expresses bewilderment over the G7's apparent readiness to embark on the bold international project at a time when the group is involved in the Ukraine crisis with the UK trying to keep the military conflict dragging on. "I mean, it's laughable that they have to think about [competing with] China at this time when they're on the brink of a major war in Europe," the commentator remarks.,Challenge or Opportunity? How China's Digital Silk Road May Change Global Technology Order16 April 2021, 04:00 GMT,Meanwhile, the G7's Global Investment and Infrastructure Partnership cannot be regarded so far as a viable alternative to the Beijing-led Belt and Road Initiative that has been implemented for slightly less than a decade, according to Pauken.,"First of all, [the G7] actually need[s] to make these projects work," says the geopolitical commentator. "Other than that solar plant in Angola, I don't see any of these initiatives really working.",In particular, China invested almost $59.5 billion in its comprehensive infrastructure project in 2021 alone. When it comes to crucial elements of the project, the West appears to be lagging behind. While the G7 is still considering building a subsea cable linking Europe and Southeast Asia, China kicked off its Digital Silk Road (DSR) almost seven years ago. The DSR's backbone is the Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE), a 9,300 mile long subsea cable network meant to tie Asia, Africa, and Europe together. The network is designed to transmit over 16Tbps per fibre pair with its Mediterranean section going from Egypt to France having already been laid.,WFP Announces Cuts in Food Rations for Refugees in East, West Africa Due to Lack of Funds20 June, 17:13 GMT,Are Emerging Economies Interested in the G7 Agenda?,There is yet another problem as to how to make these Western projects attractive for Global South nations, the Asia Pacific expert continues. In particular, the G7 has been pushing ahead with a climate change agenda and the plan to cut carbon emissions, which is not relevant for the majority of third-world states which are still reliant on cheaper and more reliable fossil fuels and coal plants, he notes.,"You also have to deal with auditing issues as well as the so-called climate change consultants who go on the ground and on site," he says. "You have to prove that those infrastructure projects are not causing much of a carbon footprint. But most of the major infrastructure does require a big carbon footprint, especially in the emerging markets, because they don't have the same equipment or they don't have the same standards or labor laws as they would have in Western Europe or the US.",Many emerging economies, including African countries, are beginning to have a growing frustration with the US and Europe, according to Pauken. The reality is that Africans and many of the emerging markets want to focus on economic stuff, he notes. However, when the US officials come in, they're talking about climate change or gender equity, and this is not as interesting to developing nations, the commentator emphasizes.,"[Developing nations] want help on improving their agricultural production levels and boosting their energy capacity, which the Russians and the Chinese have been doing," Pauken notes.,Given all of the above, it is unlikely that the G7's Global Investment and Infrastructure Partnership initiative is going to actually happen, argues the geopolitical commentator.,"They're rebranding a failed policy, thinking it might work by using new names and new mergers. Last time it was separate between the EU and separate between the US and they somehow think that if you combine the two failed projects into one, that this will somehow succeed. That's not going to work in the real world," Pauken concludes.。 8月25日早盘，数字货币概念逆势活跃，楚天龙强势封板，艾融软件、科蓝软件涨逾10%，海联金汇、数字认证、飞天诚信、拉卡拉、信雅达等多股跟涨。
消息面上，数字人民币运营机构近日扩容至30家，全国性银行悉数入局，与此同时，特朗普近日亲自下场，敦促美国国会通过数字资产监管草案《清晰法案》，数字货币概念由此获得资金关注。 央行年内二度扩容数字人民币运营机构 中国人民银行近日公告，新增平安银行、恒丰银行、渤海银行、上海银行、杭州银行等8家机构为银行类数字人民币业务运营机构，并接入央行端数字人民币系统。
B | 至此，数字人民币业务运营机构总数扩容至30家，12家股份制银行已全部在列，中西部城商行首次纳入。央行表示，此举旨在贯彻落实“十五五”规划纲要关于“稳步发展数字人民币”的决策部署。 值得注意的是，这是运营机构年内第二次扩容。2026年4月，数字人民币运营机构曾一次性新增12家至22家。今年数字人民币已由现金型1.0版进阶至存款货币型2.0版，银行可为实名数字人民币钱包余额计付利息，并由存款保险依法提供保障，标志着我国成为全球首个为央行数字货币计息的经济体。 跨境应用方面，8月15日，建设银行依托“数币达”(CBETS)平台，为中化国际办结全国首笔货物贸易数字人民币跨境支付，金额2亿元，定向用于东盟地区大宗原料采购；建设银行厦门市分行联动马来西亚纳闽分行，落地全国首笔中马双边数字人民币跨境汇出结算。 数字货币赛道在海外也迎来共振。美国总统特朗普日前在白宫举行的一场科技企业首席执行官会议上，敦促国会尽快通过《数字资产市场清晰法案》，以期为加密货币行业提供明确的法律框架。与会者包括来自Coinbase、Gemini、Ripple及Chainlink Labs等多家加密货币领域头部企业的高管。
机构看好数字货币重塑跨境支付格局 数字货币概念，是以数字人民币、稳定币等数字形式货币的研发、运营、技术应用及场景落地为核心的A股上市公司集合，涵盖银行IT、安全芯片、支付终端、智能合约、区块链技术等产业链环节。 广发证券引用JPMorgan与花旗预测指出，“稳定币市值2030年或达1.6万亿美元”，零售支付、B2B支付、RWA等场景的技术服务商将持续受益。 中信证券认为，稳定币的长期机遇在于连接法币体系与虚拟世界，为实物资产和虚拟资产提供价值锚定。建议关注区块链技术领先企业及RWA资产确权、智能合约领域的金融科技公司。 东吴证券从人民币国际化角度分析称，香港《稳定币条例》通过有望助力人民币国际化，削弱美元在加密经济中的主导地位，建议重点布局合规发行企业、跨境支付服务商、区块链技术服务商三类标的。 融资客逆势押注多只概念股 东方财富概念板块显示，目前A股市场有82股涉及数字货币概念，合计总市值约9000亿元。 中油资本体量超960.8亿元居首，芯原股份以861亿元位居次席，紫光国微、恒生电子、广电运通、星网锐捷、银之杰市值均超200亿元。 年初至今，数字货币概念板块整体走势疲弱，仅5股录得股价上涨。ST信源、科蓝软件、ST信安、中科金财等16股均跌逾40%。近一周，板块走势依旧偏弱，17股上涨、65股下跌。楚天龙涨约两成居首，雄帝科技、东信和平、恒宝股份、翠微股份涨幅均超10%。下跌方面，芯原股份、任子行、信息发展等11股跌超10%。 从资金角度看，东方财富Choice数据显示，近一周，共有16只数字货币概念股获得融资客逆势押注。 其中，芯原股份获杠杆资金加仓0.98亿元，楚天龙、中油资本分别获抢筹0.44亿、0.38亿元，广电运通、四方精创、拉卡拉、京北方、翠微股份等7股融资净买额均超千万元。
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楚天龙是数字人民币生态建设先行者，为近300家银行提供借记卡、贷记卡及相关产品服务，已打通8家二层运营机构及多家2.5层银行的数币支付渠道，落地高速ETC通行、轨道交通等场景。 四方精创已协助多间银行完成数码港元（e-HKD）先导计划第二阶段的验证项目，深入测试可编程预付等创新场景。同时持续参与mBridge生态，协助关键金融基建运营机构打通与央行数字货币跨境基础设施的连接。（文章来源：东方财富研究中心）。
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