2 Yuan

This note belongs to the third series of Renminbi (第三套人民币), approved for issue in 1962 but with certain denominations — including this 2 Yuan — entering circulation in stages across the early 1960s. The third series was the first designed and printed entirely within China without Soviet technical assistance, a deliberate shift following the Sino-Soviet split. The Beijing Banknote Printing House had by this point absorbed and localized the intaglio printing techniques transferred during the 1950s partnership.

The 2 Yuan denomination was withdrawn along with the rest of the third series in 1999 — a remarkably long run of nearly four decades.