[7] Qian is mostly used in the traditional markets, and famous for measuring gold, silver and Chinese medicines.
[2] On June 25, 1959, the State Council of the People's Republic of China issued the "Order on the Unified Measurement System", retaining the market measure system, with minor amendment.
The Japanese implemented the metric system, but the Taiwanese still followed their own habits and continued to use the old weights and measures of the Qing Dynasty.
[10] Currently, Hong Kong law stipulates that one qian is equal to 1/10 liang, which is 3.779936375 grams.
[4] Similarly, Singapore law stipulates that one qian equals 3.7799 g.[5] Malaysia has the same regulations as it is a former British colony as well.