Residents get hands on new 100-yuan banknotes

An employee helps a customer to exchange old 100-yuan bank notes for new ones in a branch of the Bank of Communications in Beijing on November 12, 2015. The new 100-yuan bank note is put into use from Thursday, November 12. (Photo: China News service/ Zhang Hao)

A resident shows new 100-yuan bank notes in a branch of the Bank of Communications in Beijing on November 12, 2015. The new 100-yuan bank note is put into use from Thursday, November 12. (Photo: China News service/ Zhang Hao)