Published: 9:00pm, 12 Aug, 2018 Updated: 3:14am, 15 Aug, 2018
Money printing firms in China are still at full capacity , as the country ’s Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation increasingly wins contracts to print foreign currencies . Most demand comes from investments in China ’s Belt and Road infrastructure , including those in Europe and Africa . An un - named source said Chinese yuan bills only made up a small proportion of bills . Demand for banknotes had fallen amid the rise of mobile payments , but some printing companies are now struggling with the rush of new currency . High power demands have also strained generating capacity . China did not print foreign currency until recently .