This information doesn't mean anything, and China still has a lot of people trading and investing in encrypted currencies.
It is as if the country has put a traffic light on the road and let people obey it. We can still see people running red lights. The state thinks you are wrong and the rules are his.
There is no technical way to ban encrypted money, and as long as it is recognized, it will exist.
In the world of crypto currencies, you will get to hear so many news everyday but it not at all necessary that all those news is true and that most of the news which you hear are nothing but rumors. There is no such thing as none of the government official has so far said such kind of thing and that there are so many people living in China are still making out a huge amount of money because of crypto currencies.