The Number
China Daily | Updated: 2013-06-13 08:12
3.53
Billion cards
China issued 3.53 billion bank cards by the end of 2012, Zhang Qi, an official with the National Golden Card Project, said at a recent seminar. The number of bank cards with the Union Pay logo reached 3 billion, accounting for 85.2 percent of the total. The project, launched in June 1993, aims to speed up the financial modernization of the country.
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