Eric ripped open the
envelope and read what was inside.
埃里克撕开信封，看破里面的信。
His parents, when they were younger, used to budget by putting money into
envelopes.
他父母年轻的时候，常常把钱放进信封里来进行预算。
Tom glanced at the
envelope and recognized his uncle's handwriting.
汤姆看了一眼信封,认出那是他叔父的笔迹。
The digital red envelope race during the Spring Festival holiday has been heating up in recent years.
近年来，春节期间的数字红包竞赛愈演愈烈。
It has been six years since CCTV first adopted the "red envelope" campaign in partnership with internet companies to give out virtual red envelopes during the live broadcast, making interaction via mobile devices an essential supplement to the gala.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, audiences only need to watch a video, which is different from the previous form of texts and graphics, and click "like" to get the red envelope, according to Kuaishou.
The digital red envelope race during the Spring Festival holiday began heating up since Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd unveiled its hongbao service on its popular instant messaging app WeChat in 2014, drawing millions of new users for its mobile payment service.
At the same time, the company's Kinder brand targeting children will adopt a new package in the form of a red envelope, which indicates good luck and surprise to children.
Meanwhile, online retailer Vipshop will distribute more than 30 million yuan worth of coupons and red envelope benefits to the residents in Guangdong, and its competitor Suning.
"I didn't win a digital RMB red envelope in February, and I felt sad for missing a chance to experience (the new payment system)," Tao said while footing the bill using the lucky money.
After winning a digital red envelope of e-CNY, the lucky winner can spend the digital money in more than 11,000 stores in Chengdu that can accept e-CNY as well as in the Jingdong Mall.
Internal recommendation is also encouraged and those who successfully recommend a suitable talent will get a 200 to 300 yuan reward and if the recommended talent can work for two months, the recommender can get another red envelope as a reward.
Xiang Ligang, director-general of telecom industry group the Information Consumption Alliance, said Chinese companies are pushing the technological envelope of smartphone cameras.
"The whole video industry has been boosted by the 'red envelope' campaign during Lunar New Year and the epidemic, along with rising user traffic and usage time," said Ma Shicong, an analyst with Beijing-based internet consultancy Analysys, adding that 5G and ultrahigh-definition technologies have been applied in this year's live broadcast.
The licensed products range from a commemorative envelope priced 9.9 yuan each to handbags, brooches, and gold bars.
Jim Athanasopoulos, chief financial officer of Imax China, said: "We are continuing to push the envelope, differentiating our (film screening) experience, and to offer consumers something different.
The Hefei company has provided a New Year's "red envelope" for each employee who worked during the holiday on top of their legal overtime pay.
To push the envelope, the company has made inroads in the smart car sector, hoping to give a boost to its development.
Instead of withdrawing cash from a bank and putting it in a red envelope, this year, she chose to use the e-CNY mobile application, passing on her blessing with digital fiat currency.
"I did not win a digital RMB red envelope in February, and I felt sad for missing a chance to experience (the new payment system)," Tao said while footing the bill using the lucky money.
The 200 yuan digital renminbi in the red envelope can be spent at nearly 2,000 designated commercial entities in core commercial districts in Beijing from June 11 to 20.
Lu was one of the 100,000 lucky residents of Suzhou who won a "red envelope" containing 200 digital yuan in a pilot program and could spend the digital currency in designated brick-and-mortar stores as well as on online retail giant JD.
Liu said the process is easy and he would like to transfer more money for digital use after funds in his red envelope are used up.