Recently, the information released on the official website of the Beijing Local Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau shows that the Beijing Equity Exchange Center has obtained the first batch of qualifications to carry out the blockchain pilot construction, and Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shenzhen, etc. have also obtained the pilot qualifications together with Beijing. Beijing has once again become the first echelon in the country in terms of the development and exploration of the application of blockchain.
One month ago, on June 30, the General Office of the Beijing Municipal People's Government issued the "Beijing Blockchain Innovation and Development Action Plan (2020-2022)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Three-Year Plan"), and Beijing has also become a nationally released One of the six provinces and cities in the blockchain special plan.
As the capital, Beijing's attitude and policies towards blockchain will undoubtedly have a demonstration effect on other cities across the country. In fact, Beijing’s deployment of the blockchain began as early as 2016, and has continued to advance since then.
After the speech on October 24 last year, the development of blockchain in Beijing accelerated. Cai Qi, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and Chen Jining, Mayor, have repeatedly emphasized the promotion of the implementation and development of the blockchain industry, and "government affairs on the blockchain" has been written into the government work report. Haidian, Daxing, Shunyi, Xicheng, Dongcheng and other districts have also made great progress in using blockchain to improve the quality of government services.
According to what the Beijing News learned from the Beijing Municipal Administration Service Bureau, as of July 15, in more than half a year, 140 specific blockchain scenario applications have been implemented in the field of government affairs in Beijing, and 253 matters related to enterprises, 65 personal matters can be handled without carrying paper certificates, and 100,000 copies of handling materials can be streamlined throughout the year, and the submitted materials have been reduced by 40% on average.
While developing the industrial blockchain, Beijing has also implemented strict supervision on "virtual currency" transactions and "blockchain" concept fraud, and severely cracked down on illegal activities such as ICO and money laundering.
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1. Beijing's three-year blockchain development plan
On June 30, the General Office of the Beijing Municipal People's Government issued and issued the "Beijing Blockchain Innovation and Development Action Plan (2020-2022)", which focuses on the organization and implementation of the blockchain industry, underlying technology, application scenarios, industry linkage, An overall plan has been made for talent introduction and investment funds.
The "Plan" stated that by 2022, Beijing will initially be built into an influential highland of blockchain technology innovation, application demonstration, industrial development, and innovative talents, and take the lead in forming a "blockchain empowerment" for economic and social development. Beijing Plan", establishes a new system for the integration and interaction of blockchain technology innovation and industrial development, and continues to inject new momentum and vitality into the high-quality development of Beijing's economy.
In terms of underlying technology research, it is required to strengthen basic blockchain research and key core technology research, build a blockchain underlying open source technology platform and ecology, and create a trusted information infrastructure system based on blockchain. And enhance the international discourse power and rule-making power, and build a world-class blockchain new research and development institution.
In terms of industrial development, it is required to cultivate blockchain innovative enterprise clusters and promote the coordinated development of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain. Create a blockchain innovation and entrepreneurship service platform. Build a blockchain industry innovation and development base. Focus on building blockchain industry innovation and development bases with their own characteristics and advantages in Haidian District, Chaoyang District, and Tongzhou District. Establish a blockchain industry investment fund to promote the construction of a blockchain industry alliance.
In terms of talent introduction and training, it is required to cultivate high-level innovative talents in blockchain while introducing high-level talents, establish a blockchain talent training system, encourage blockchain companies to establish corporate universities, and speed up the training of blockchain system architects , development engineers, test engineers and other professional and technical personnel.
In terms of landing applications, it is required to promote the application of blockchain in government affairs, finance, social services, urban management, public safety, health, e-commerce and other aspects.
In terms of organization and implementation, a blockchain work promotion team led by city leaders was established, and the team leader was the Municipal Science and Technology Commission. Focus on coordinating and solving major problems in blockchain technology and industrial development, and set up an office under the working group, set up a special work class, and promote the implementation of the action plan.
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2. Government leaders have repeatedly expressed their position on the development of blockchain
After the speech on October 24 last year, the Beijing Municipal Government attached great importance to the development of the blockchain industry. In addition to instructions from leaders at all levels, it also held special training courses on blockchain and established a special leadership group to promote the implementation of blockchain policies. and implementation of technology.
On December 2 last year, Cai Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, pointed out during his investigation and research at the Zhongguancun Integrated Circuit Design Park in Haidian District that key companies should be supported to step up their deployment in emerging fields such as 5G, artificial intelligence, and blockchain to play a leading role.
On January 12, at the Third Session of the 15th National People's Congress of Beijing, Beijing Mayor Chen Jining stated that the Beijing Big Data Action Plan will be implemented in depth, and a city-level departmental responsibility, directory, and data standardization system will be established to create a "directory blockchain" The system realizes the collection of government department data on the cloud, and promotes the safe sharing of government services and public service information.
In addition, Chen Jining also pointed out in the government work report that a government information resource sharing and business collaboration mechanism supported by blockchain technology should be established, and intelligent scene applications such as "second approval" and "non-inductive approval" should be carried out to realize the whole-process network of more matters. Handle 1,000 items on the mobile terminal.
On February 28, at the first monthly work review meeting held by the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Party Committee, Cai Qi, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, proposed to carry out a pilot project of a "blockchain-based supply chain financial service platform" to support the resumption of work, production and stability of enterprises. develop.
In terms of "blockchain + finance", the Beijing Local Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau has also given strong support. After the announcement of the second batch of Beijing Financial Technology Regulatory Sandbox Pilot Projects, Huo Xuewen, director of the Beijing Bureau of Finance, said that it is necessary to give space for financial technology innovation and promote it to play a greater role.
In February of this year, Haidian District of Beijing also established a leading group for deepening the application of blockchain technology in the field of government services, set up a special working class led by the District Government Services Administration Bureau, and established a working mechanism for joint meetings and business promotion meetings.
On June 9, Beijing issued the "Several Opinions on Accelerating the Cultivation and Growth of New Business Models and New Models to Promote the High-quality Development of Beijing's Economy" and the five action plans pointed out that building a list of key blockchain enterprises in Beijing and doing a good job in service and technology Promote and explore the use of blockchain technology to improve industry data transactions, regulatory security, and integrated application effects. In addition, in combination with the construction of the free trade pilot zone, it will support the development of e-commerce, electronic transactions and blockchain applications for cross-border digital trade, and improve the security and credibility of various transactions and data circulation.
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3. Government affairs and financial fields are the focus of implementation
At present, Beijing already has a number of application scenarios including electronic invoices, government approval, cross-border trade, identity authentication, medical assistance, and judicial certificate storage. Among them, government affairs and financial fields are two important fields for the application of blockchain in Beijing.
In terms of "blockchain + government affairs", in 2018, the "Implementation Plan for Promoting the "One-Network Service" of Government Services in Beijing" was released, requiring that by the end of December 2019, the use of new technologies such as blockchain to improve the quality of government services and Research tasks on the level of information security.
In January 2019, the Beijing Municipal Government Service Work Conference put forward a series of goals and requirements for the city's government service work in 2019, expressing that it will explore intelligent approval based on new technologies such as big data and blockchain.
At present, 140 specific scene applications have been implemented in the city, of which there are 100 in Haidian District alone. In addition, Shunyi District, Daxing District, Xicheng District, etc. also use blockchain technology to optimize government service processes, and apply blockchain technology to transportation, medical and health care, cultural tourism, qualification certification, etc., which are closely related to people's daily life. field application scenarios.
In mid-July of this year, Beijing released the "Blue Book on Blockchain Application Innovation in Beijing's Municipal Service Field (First Edition)". From the perspectives of "new infrastructure", digital government construction, and the promotion of the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities, the blue paper It affirmed the necessity, feasibility and important value of blockchain construction in the field of Beijing municipal government services.
In terms of "blockchain + finance", Beijing started its layout as early as 2016. In December 2016, the "Beijing Financial Industry Development Plan during the 13th Five-Year Plan" listed blockchain as a technology of Internet finance and encouraged its development.
In January and June of this year, Beijing also announced the first and second batch of financial technology innovation regulatory sandbox pilot projects, which included multiple blockchain-related applications.
In December 2019, IPRdaily released the "2019 China Urban Blockchain Invention Patent Ranking (TOP30)", which lists the top 30 cities in China's blockchain invention patents as of December 31, 2019. Among them, Beijing ranked first.
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4. Strict supervision on virtual currency transactions
While vigorously developing the industrial blockchain, Beijing has also implemented strict supervision on virtual currency transactions.
On November 16, 2019, the Beijing Local Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau issued the "Risk Reminder on the Unapproved Business Activities of Branches of Trading Places", stating that currently no trading place in Beijing has approved the establishment of branches. It also pointed out that if there are branches of foreign trading places (focusing on financial asset exchanges) conducting business activities in Beijing, it is an illegal business operation. Some experts said that the "Risk Warning" is not aimed at virtual currency transactions, but includes virtual currency transactions.
On December 27, 2019, the Beijing Securities Regulatory Bureau issued a risk warning on further preventing "virtual currency" trading activities. Management departments, network telecommunications management departments, and public security departments continue to maintain high-pressure supervision on virtual currency transactions, ICOs and disguised ICOs, and comprehensively use on-site interviews, administrative investigations, website closures, and criminal cases to crack down.
In addition, the Beijing Securities Regulatory Bureau also issued a serious warning that institutions and personnel in Beijing that carry out relevant activities shall not promote relevant virtual currency projects or platforms, shall not conduct virtual currency business sales or transactions, and shall not conduct virtual currency transactions or disguised transactions to investors. Business, shall not engage in or act as an agent to engage in domestic and foreign virtual currency issuance transactions, and all financial institutions and non-bank payment institutions within the jurisdiction shall not provide services for any virtual currency transactions.
On January 11, Huo Xuewen, director of the Beijing Local Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau, directly stated that virtual currency exchange licenses should not be issued in the future. He said that whether virtual currency supervision does not exist, it will only be stricter. The Beijing Financial Bureau has "zero tolerance" for currency issuance.
At the same time, he emphasized that any virtual currency issuers and trading venues are not allowed to sell virtual currency to domestic people and let domestic investors conduct transactions, which is strictly prohibited in Beijing.
The three-year plan also clearly pointed out that the supervision of token issuance and financing activities should be strengthened to protect the rights and interests of investors and prevent systemic risks.
