中國模糊的加密貨幣法律地位：上海法院裁定一種具有「財產屬性」的虛擬商品

中國上海松江區人民法院的一名法官在該法院微信公眾號上發布了一篇關於中國發行虛擬貨幣合法性的文章。

A judge in China has given her opinion on the legality of cryptocurrency in the country, in an article about a business dispute over the failure to produce a white paper for a virtual currency.

中國的一名法官在一篇有關未能製定虛擬貨幣白皮書的商業糾紛的文章中就該國加密貨幣的合法性發表了意見。

The judge’s comments shed light on crypto’s murky legal status in China, where ownership of digital assets is not banned but exchanges were ordered to close down in 2017.

法官的評論揭示了加密貨幣在中國模糊的法律地位，中國並未禁止數位資產的所有權，但交易所在 2017 年被勒令關閉。

The agricultural development company signed a “Blockchain Incubation Agreement” with the investment management company in 2017. The agricultural company paid 300,000 yuan (about $44,400 at the time) for the investment company to produce a white paper as the basis for the issuance of a cryptocurrency.

農業開發公司於2017年與投資管理公司簽署了《區塊鏈孵化協議》。

However, a year later, no token had been produced, and the investment company said the agricultural company needed to develop an app before the token could be issued. The agricultural company instead applied to the court to recover the money it had paid.

然而一年後，還沒有產生任何代幣，投資公司表示，農業公司需要開發一個應用程序，然後才能發行代幣。該農業公司轉而向法院申請追回其已支付的款項。

The court ruled that the companies’ agreement envisioned illegal activities, for which both parties bore responsibility. It ordered the investment company to return 250,000 yuan.

法院裁定，兩家公司的協議設想了非法活動，雙方都應該負責。命投資公司返還25萬元。

The judge, Sun Jie, wrote that virtual currency does not have the status of fiat currency, but is instead a virtual commodity with “property attributes.” She stated:

法官孫傑寫道，虛擬貨幣不具備法定貨幣的地位，而是一種具有「財產屬性」的虛擬商品。她說：

“Virtual currency, as a specific virtual commodity, is not protected by the state. Individuals and enterprises, by blindly participating in virtual currency transactions, will not have the complete protection of the law.”

「虛擬貨幣作為一種特定的虛擬商品，不受國家保護。個人和企業盲目參與虛擬貨幣交易，不會得到法律的完全保護。

The article also reproduces Article 153 of the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China, as it is the relevant legislation to the case.

文章也轉載了《中華人民共和國民法典》第一百五十三條，作為本案的相關立法。

China’s central bank and 10 government agencies joined forces in 2021 to tighten control over transactions with virtual currencies.

2021年，中國央行和10個政府機構聯手加強對虛擬貨幣交易的控制。