--- title: Five Best: China Is On Track To Fully Phase Out Paper Money description: China is on track to phase out paper money, this researcher built a tool to revolutionize how patients can find a clinical trial and more. canonical: https://time.com/4784186/china-is-on-track-to-fully-phase-out-paper-money/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-18T16:00:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:58:50.663Z article:section: Ideas og:title: China Is On Track To Fully Phase Out Paper Money og:description: And four more of today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4784186/china-is-on-track-to-fully-phase-out-paper-money/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: China Is On Track To Fully Phase Out Paper Money twitter:description: And four more of today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # China Is On Track To Fully Phase Out Paper Money > Sponsored content. 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