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China to issue 10 sets of commemorative coins in 2010

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-11-18 10:12

The People's Bank of China said Tuesday it would issue 10 sets of gold and silver commemorative coins in 2010.

The sets compromised 25 different gold and 22 silver coins, the central bank said on its website.

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Five sets would feature pandas, the 17th-century classic Chinese fiction Shuihuzhuan (Heroes of the Marshes), ancient building complex in the Wudang Mountains, Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi province, and Beijing Opera facial makeup.

Four sets would be issued to mark the Shanghai World Expo due to open in May 2010, the 16th Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou in November 2010, the 2010 Beijing International Stamp and Coin Exposition, and the year of the rabbit in 2011.

One set would commemorate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, according to the Bank.