6月28日，效力于北京国安俱乐部的34岁老将于大宝在社交平台上发布了一张介绍自己是东亚杯最佳射手的海报。
B | 他针对东亚杯官方社交平台的评价回复称，“我已经参加过4届东亚杯了，是时候和国家队说再见了。
C | ”由此可见，于大宝已做出了退出国家队的决定。
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The designation of Deutsche Bank, a key and influential bank in Europe, to serve as the yuan-clearing bank will greatly facilitate and expand the use of the yuan in the EU market, providing more impetus to broader China-EU economic and trade ties, a Chinese analyst said on Tuesday.
The People's Bank of China (PBC), the central bank, announced on Monday that it had decided to authorize Deutsche Bank to serve as the yuan-clearing bank in Frankfurt, Germany, based on a memorandum of understanding with the Deutsche Bundesbank.
The move came as China-EU trade and economic ties continue to deepen and bilateral trade continues to expand, despite recent restrictions imposed by the European Commission.
In a statement sent to the Global Times on Monday, Deutsche Bank said that following the appointment by the PBC, it will facilitate direct end-to-end processing, clearing and settlement services for cross-border yuan transactions for European financial institutions and businesses, acting as a local bridge to China's payment systems.
Deutsche Bank, a global systemically important bank as well as the world's largest euro-clearing bank, said that it is the first foreign bank in Europe to receive this designation.
"Securing yuan-clearing capability in Europe reinforces our role as a trusted global clearing partner and our long-standing support for yuan internationalization. It strengthens China-Europe financial connectivity and enhances our ability to support clients' cross-border trade and investment flows with greater choice and flexibility," Alexander von zur Muehlen, CEO of Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East & Africa and Germany at Deutsche Bank, said in the statement.
Xi Junyang, a professor at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, told the Global Times on Tuesday that while a number of Chinese banks are already performing yuan-clearing functions in the EU, the addition of Deutsche Bank, with its deep roots in the local market, carries great significance.
"Banks have different client bases, and Deutsche Bank has many European companies as its customers. With the appointment, these market participants enjoy a far greater degree of facilitation and ease in tapping yuan use cases," said the professor.
Companies and financial institutions can also avoid risks of foreign exchange losses as they can now directly choose yuan-euro settlement and bypass the use of a third currency, the expert said, noting that China-EU trade and investment ties will be one step closer with a local clearing bank coming onboard.
Tian Lihui, dean of the Institute of Financial Development at Nankai University, told the Global Times on Tuesday that the latest development, some 12 years after the first-yuan clearing bank form a Chinese bank was set up in Frankfurt, marked a milestone as the yuan-clearing system in Europe has evolved from a model where "Chinese entities handle clearing for Europeans" to one where "Europeans handle yuan-clearing themselves."
The decision by one of Europe's largest domestic banks to integrate into the yuan-clearing system signals that China-Europe financial cooperation is moving beyond the shallow level of facilitating trade settlements into the more substantial level of jointly building financial infrastructure, Tian said.
For both China and Europe, this move represents a mutually beneficial institutional alignment, Tian said. "China gains greater depth in the offshore yuan market, while Europe secures an additional strategic option amid the contest of major currencies."
Brussels has recently been intensifying its use of restrictive trade and regulatory tools across sectors ranging from clean technologies to digital infrastructure and foreign subsidies, with many of these measures seen as directly affecting Chinese firms and adding strain to China-EU economic relations.
However, despite these moves, deepening industrial and supply chain integration and the strong complementarity of the two economies have continued to push bilateral trade to new highs. In the first seven months of 2026, China's total trade with the EU stood at 3.67 trillion yuan ($543.90 billion), up 9.5 percent year-on-year, data from China's General Administration of Customs showed on Friday.
As China-EU economic and trade ties continue to expand and deepen, demand for the yuan to be used in the EU market will rise proportionately, and more EU banks will likely be authorized to serve as yuan-clearing banks, Xi Junyang said.
Financial cooperation between the world's largest trading bloc and the largest trading nation has accelerated in recent months. In May, the PBC renewed and expanded a bilateral currency swap agreement with the National Bank of Serbia, increasing the value of the swap from 1.5 billion yuan to 5 billion yuan.
Almost 80 percent of the surveyed Chinese companies operating in the EU plan to expand their investment, even amid tightening policies in the EU and an increasingly complex business environment, according to a report published by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to the EU and the China Economic Information Service in March. Fostering cooperation in emerging industries and cross-border finance have been highlighted by industry insiders as new growth drivers of China-EU trade and economic cooperation.
The yuan accounted for 3.1 percent of global payments in June, rising from 2.75 percent in the previous month, and ranking as the fifth most active currency for global payments by value, according to a report from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. In terms of trade finance, the yuan ranked second with a market share of 8 percent.
。而在外界看来，其“言退”的背后，不乏于大宝作为一代国足名将壮志未酬，未能随队冲进世界杯的遗憾。同时，也预示着中国队在连续5次无缘跻身世界杯决赛圈后，更新换代势在必行。四度参加东亚杯 共打入4粒进球 于大宝结合自己晒出的海报这样写道：“又一届东亚杯来了！”对此，东亚杯官方账号紧接着评论道：“期待再次看到你！”不过于大宝却回复道：“我已经参加过4届东亚杯了，是时候和国家队说再见了。
D | ” 数据显示，现年34岁的于大宝曾在2013年、2015年、2017年、2019年四度代表中国队参加东亚杯，共打入4粒进球，是目前在东亚杯赛事中累计进球最多的男运动员。于大宝在2010年第一次入选国家队，随后因在亚洲杯预选赛国足VS伊拉克队的生死战以及俄罗斯世预赛中、韩比赛等重大比赛中多次打入关键进球，而被球迷昵称为“福将”。在国家队效力期间，他还曾多次出任球队场上队长。在卡塔尔世界杯亚洲区预选赛中，于大宝累计出场5次。只是随着出场位置后移，他的进球及助攻数据寥寥。
E | 根据“德转”的数据统计，于大宝目前累计已代表中国队在各项赛事出战65场，攻入19粒进球。
F | 因年龄等因素 已难获稳定出场时间 于大宝退出国家队并非草率做出的决定。
G | 受年龄等因素影响，于大宝已经无法在国家队获得稳定的出场时间。
H | 在卡塔尔世预赛最后4轮赛事开始前，国足主帅李霄鹏曾暗示，接下来几场比赛有可能是球队中部分老将代表国家队出场的最后机会。尽管李霄鹏并没有点名，但当时就有球迷或业内人士猜测，包括于大宝在内的部分老将在本届世预赛结束后，将渐渐淡出国家队。这既是客观规律使然，亦是球队更新换代之需。
I | 与“挂靴只差官宣”的国足老队长郑智一样，于大宝经历了漫长的职业生涯，是名副其实的国足老臣、功臣，但他们却同样因为未能代表国家队跻身世界杯决赛圈舞台而壮志未酬。
J | 于大宝的社交平台感言在表达某种遗憾的同时，实际也是在通过个人在东亚杯的骄人进球数据激励年轻一代国脚奋发图强。赴日参加东亚杯 中国队将以年轻球员为主 值得注意的是，在无缘跻身卡塔尔世界杯决赛圈后，国足本年度已无重大赛事备战任务，主教练李霄鹏去留问题的答案尚未得到官方确认。而赴日参加东亚杯的中国队将确认以年轻球员为主，这支球队某种意义上将构建新一届国足的雏形。从这个角度来说，于大宝也是有意将国家队的位置腾给有潜质的年轻球员。文/本报记者 肖赧 供图/视觉中国
