He stated that he is inspired by bitcoin in running the financial system in 2013.
He was a professor at US Indiana University in 1986.
But my personal understanding is the government will not open the free market for the bitcoin. One possible approach is to open a centralized exchange to list the only selective tokens as a way to encourage innovation.
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I am not particularly excited about this news because People's Bank of China can't decide anything alone. They can just provide advisory to the government on the monetary policies but government decides the final outcome. So it holds no significance if the governor of PBOC is crypto friendly or not as he doesn't have decision making power.