Commemorative banknotes of the renminbi
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As of 2026, ten commemorative banknotes have been issued in China, each commemorating an event or national institution.
In 1999, a commemorative red ¥50 note was issued in honour of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China. This note features Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong on the front and various animals on the back.
An orange polymer note, commemorating the new millennium was issued in 2000 with a face value of ¥100. This features a dragon on the obverse and the reverse features the China Millennium monument (at the Center for Cultural and Scientific Fairs).
For the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a green ¥10 note was issued featuring the Bird's Nest Stadium on the front with the back showing a classical Olympic discus thrower and various other athletes.
On 26 November 2015, the People's Bank of China issued a blue ¥100 commemorative note to commemorate aerospace science and technology.[1][2]
In commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the issuance of the Renminbi, the People's Bank of China issued 120 million ¥50 banknotes on 28 December 2018.
In commemoration of the 2022 Winter Olympics, the People's Bank of China issued ¥20 commemorative banknotes in both paper and polymer in December 2021.
Since the 2024 Chinese New Year, the People's Bank of China issued ¥20 commemorative banknotes in polymer with a picture of each zodiac annually.
List
| Value | Dimensions | Main Colour | Description | Date of | Numbers printed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obverse | Reverse | Watermark | printing | issue | material | ||||
| ¥50 | 165 ×80 mm | Red | Mao Zedong and Tiananmen Square | Imperial lion (Forbidden City), pigeons, "Huabiao" (marble pillar) | None | 1999 | September 20, 1999 | Paper | 60,000,000 |
| ¥100 | Orange | Dragon from "Nine Dragons Wall" (Imperial palace, Peking) | China Millennium monument (Center for cultural and scientific fairs), flying "Apsaras" (cloud girls) | 2000 | November 28, 2000 | Polymer | 10,000,000 | ||
| ¥10 | 148.5 × 72 mm | Green | Bird Nest Stadium | Discus Thrower of Myron (460 b.C.), sportsmen | Bird Nest Stadium | 2008 | July 8, 2008 | Paper | 6,000,000 |
| ¥100 | 155 × 77 mm | Blue | Stylized Dongfanghong I satellite, Shenzhou 9 manned spacecraft rendezvous and docking with Tiangong-1 space station, Chang’e 1 lunar-orbiting spacecraft | Advancement of flight - Bird, Fung Joe Guey Biplane, Airliner (presumably a COMAC C909), Shenzhou 9 and Tiangong-1 manned spacecraft, Chang’e 1 lunar-orbiting spacecraft | Stylized Dongfanghong I satellite | 2015 | November 26, 2015 | 300,000,000 | |
| ¥50 | 150 × 70 mm | Orange | Five series of Renminbi Yuan bank notes in the form of a tree's growth rings | Old and New Peoples Bank of China Headquarter buildings, peony flower
1948 newspaper article that announced the issuance of Renminbi Yuan |
Great Wall of China | 2018 | December 28, 2018 | 120,000,000 | |
| ¥20 | 145 × 70 mm | Blue | Ski jumper | Snow Ruyi National Ski Jumping Centre and Great Wall of China | The mascots of 2022 Winter Olympics, Bing Dwen Dwen | 2022 | December 21, 2021 | 200,000,000 (for each type) | |
| Pair of figure skaters | Water Cube | None | Polymer | ||||||
| Orange | Dragon | Children with paper dragon | 2024 | December 15, 2023 | 100,000,000 | ||||
| Pink | Snake | Children hanging Spring Festival banner; Shanxi residential houses | 2025 | December 16, 2024 | |||||
| Horse | Children celebrating with gongs, flute and drums; Stylized Mongolian nomadic yurt | 2026 | December 22, 2025 | ||||||
| For table standards, see the banknote specification table. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ China new 100-yuan aerospace commemorative note reported for 26.11.2015 introduction Archived 18 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine BanknoteNews.com. 6 November 2015. Retrieved on 18 November 2015.
- ↑ 中国人民银行公告〔2015〕第33号 Archived 23 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine The People's Bank of China (www.pbc.gov.cn). Retrieved on 18 November 2015.