The , China's central bank, issued a new one yuan note Friday.  
 
The new bill's principle color is olive green, and measures 130 by 63 millimeters, roughly the size of the previous one yuan note.

The front face is designed with a portrait of Mao Zedong, while the back features the scenery of West Lake in Hangzhou, capital city of east China's Zhejiang Province.

The newly issued notes have six anti-counterfeiting features, including complicated designs and watermarks.

(CRI.com July 30, 2004)