The fourth series of the renminbi was the series introduced between 1987 and 1997, although the banknotes were dated 1980, 1990, or 1996. Unlike the second and the third series, they are still legal tender.(¥0.2 and ¥2 are withdrawn but not recalled completely yet)
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¥0.1, ¥0.5, and ¥1. (1991-1999 except that ¥0.5 was last minted in 1998)
Banknotes are available in (issue date):
All of the banknotes that are ¥1 or higher feature geographical features of China on the reverse side.
On the obverse side, banknotes less or equal to ¥10 feature different ethnicities of China. 1-jiao note has Gaoshan and Manchu men ; 2-jiao note has Buyei and Korean girls; 5-jiao note has Miao and Zhuang girls in red. 1-yuan note has Dong and Yao girls in red; 2-yuan note has Uyghur and Yi (Nuosu) girls in green; 5-yuan note has Tibetan girl and a Hui elder; 10-yuan note has Han and Mongol men.
The ¥50 note features an intellectual, a farmer, and an industrial worker, characteristic Chinese communist images.
The ¥100 note features four people important to the founding of the People's Republic of China: Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, and Zhu De.
Coins carry the Emblem of the People's Republic of China, the full title of the state in Chinese and pinyin on the obverse side, and the denomination and an image of a flower on the reverse side.
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