100 Yuan 80th Anniversary of the Victory in WWII

China's official commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the war's end — framed domestically as the "Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression" — continues a pattern of politically weighted commemorative issues that intensified after the 70th anniversary series in 2015. That 2015 program marked the first time the People's Bank issued a dedicated WWII commemorative in both gold and silver at this scale, establishing a precedent this issue follows. The 8g, 22mm format matches the bank's established fractional gold commemorative standard used across multiple recent series.