Recently, CCID Blockchain Research Institute and Mutual Chain Pulse released the 2019 "Evaluation Report on China's Urban Blockchain Development Level" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report"), which made a comprehensive assessment of 45 key cities in China.Beijing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Guangzhou rank in the top five.
The sixth to tenth cities are respectively Chongqing, Qingdao, Nanjing, Chengdu and Guiyang. Among them, Chongqing rose by 3 places from 9th in 2018, and Chengdu rose to 9th from 13th last year; Guiyang, which is also located in the west, fell to 10th from 5th last year.
Chongqing, Chengdu and Guiyang all rank among the top 10, and Changsha also ranks 11th.secondary title
Urban blockchain race heats up
In this selection, 45 representative cities with policy advantages, economic potential and scientific and technological strength were selected in various regions of China, including 4 municipalities directly under the central government, 16 provincial capital cities, 15 sub-provincial cities, 9 important economic cities and 1 National new-district.
The "Report" proposes that there are four characteristics of the development level of China's urban blockchain in 2019.First of all, the participating cities present a "ladder" development, which can be divided into three echelons in general.image description
Ranking of Blockchain Development Level in Chinese Cities/Graph Source Network
There are three levels of selection indicators, the first level indicators are policy environment, talent training, industrial base and capital support.
In the policy environment indicators, not only the quantity, breadth and depth of blockchain policies are considered; policy organization and implementation are also included in the scoring. The importance of policy support to industrial development is self-evident. Effective policies mean more abundant resources and more reasonable resource allocation.
In addition to evaluating the construction of blockchain disciplines, the number of researchers and talents in universities, the talent training index also examines the salary of computer majors. Competitive salaries can attract more human resources for the local area and provide sufficient talent reserves for the development of the blockchain industry.
The industrial base accounts for 45% of the score and is the most important indicator.The number of blockchain enterprises reflects the attractiveness and development potential of the local market; industrial parks and entrepreneurial bases provide convenience for the incubation of more blockchain industries; and the implementation of applications is the ultimate goal of all policies, capital, and talent support.
The last indicator is capital support, including the scale of government funds and the amount of market investment and financing. The selection used the latest data in 2019 as much as possible, most of which were first-hand information from the government and enterprises.
Compared with the 2018 assessment results, the development gap between the ladders is narrowing.This shows that the second and third tier cities are trying to seize the opportunity during the policy dividend period and catch up with the first echelon of blockchain.
The second feature is that the developed regions take the lead and the central and western cities gradually exert their strength. Central and western cities such as Chongqing, Chengdu, Xi'an, and Wuhan are developing well.
Cities that have made significant progress this year, such as Haikou, have entered the second echelon for the first time with the help of policy dividends such as the establishment of the "Hainan Free Trade Zone (Hong Kong) Blockchain Pilot Zone". This is also the third feature mentioned in the "Report": the policy-driven effect is obvious.However, there is a gap in the follow-up development of policy-driven cities. Although some cities have policy support, the results of application implementation are not ideal.
Finally, the "Report" believes that my country has formed four major blockchain industry clusters:The Bohai Rim, the Yangtze River Delta, the Hunan-Guizhou-Chongqing and the Pearl River Delta.image description
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The policy advantages of Hunan, Guizhou and Chongqing are obvious, but the industrial capital is insufficient
The four major blockchain industry clusters have different location characteristics. Compared with the three eastern regions, although the Hunan, Guizhou and Chongqing regions do not have advantages in terms of industrial base and resources, thanks to a good policy environment, the blockchain industry has developed rapidly in recent years.
The Hunan-Guizhou-Chongqing agglomeration area is dominated by Guiyang, Chongqing and Changsha, and radiates to the central and western regions. Cities such as Chengdu and Wuhan are also playing an increasingly important role in the agglomeration area.In the individual ranking of policy environment, Chongqing and Guiyang rank the top two, and Changsha ranks fifth, which shows the strong policy support for the Hunan-Guizhou-Chongqing agglomeration area.
In 2017, the Chongqing Economic and Information Commission issued the "Opinions on Accelerating the Cultivation and Innovative Application of the Blockchain Industry", and proposed that by 2020, it will strive to build 2-5 blockchain industry bases in the city. Thereafter,image description
Chongqing Yuzhong Blockchain Industry Innovation Base / Tuyuan Network
In 2019, Chongqing issued the "Notice on Further Promoting the Healthy and Rapid Development of the Blockchain Industry". The government hopes to accelerate the gathering and development of the blockchain industry in Chongqing and establish more influential blockchain innovation enterprises.
Guiyang officially released the white paper "Guiyang Blockchain Development and Application" in 2016.Subsequently, the Guiyang government issued the "Notice on Several Policies and Measures to Support the Development and Application of Blockchain (Trial Implementation)" to give support to the blockchain innovation industry in terms of platforms, finance, and talents.
For example, innovative enterprises can enter the blockchain innovation and development base of Guizhou Big Data Comprehensive Experimental Zone free of charge after being audited; a one-time subsidy of 5 million yuan is given to the national industrial technology innovation strategic alliance; Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talents" blockchain innovation and entrepreneurship leading talents will be rewarded with 1 million yuan and 500,000 yuan per person in the year of introduction.
Changsha also strongly supports the development of blockchain enterprises. In 2018, Changsha released the "Opinions on Accelerating the Development of the Blockchain Industry",Driven by this policy, Changsha Blockchain Industrial Park, Xingsha Blockchain Industrial Park, and Changsha Blockchain Incubator were successively established.Blockchain enterprises that settle in the industrial park can get support funds and preferential rents.
Cities such as Hunan, Guizhou and Chongqing have intensively introduced support policies with strong strength and wide coverage, which has accelerated the cultivation and introduction of blockchain talents in the west and the accumulation of blockchain industry resources.In 2018, Guiyang ranked fifth in the "China Urban Blockchain Development Level Evaluation Report", and Changsha ranked seventh, which was once regarded as a sudden emergence.
However, Guiyang's ranking this year has dropped by 5 places compared to last year; Changsha has also dropped by 4 places.The reasons are mainly concentrated in two aspects. First, these cities have introduced more support policies in the early stage, but the application effect is not good, and the development speed slows down. Second, major cities are stepping up the pace of blockchain development. Cities such as Shanghai, Nanjing, and Qingdao are all rising in the ranking this year, and the competition among cities has become more intense.
Although the Hunan, Guiyang and Chongqing regions rank high in the policy indicators, it cannot be ignored that compared with other individual indicators, Chengdu, Guiyang, and Changsha still have a large gap with Shenzhen, Hangzhou and other eastern cities in terms of industrial base.In terms of capital support, the disadvantages of western cities are particularly obvious.
The Bohai Rim region is centered on Beijing, which can attract a large number of talents and technologies; the Yangtze River Delta has a strong economic foundation; the Pearl River Delta has always been a frontier base for technological innovation.
Compared with these three agglomerations, the Hunan, Guizhou and Chongqing regions face more challenges.If the central and western regions want to achieve sustainable development of the blockchain industry and narrow the development gap with the eastern region in an all-round way, they need to find ways to attract more capital and support regional industrial development.
