During the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" period, with the deepening of the global digitalization process, the competition in the blockchain industry will become more intense.
As one of the emerging digital industries, blockchain plays an important role in industrial transformation. In recent years, blockchain technology and industry have developed rapidly around the world, and its applications have been extended to digital finance, Internet of Things, intelligent manufacturing, supply chain management, digital asset trading and other fields, showing broad application prospects.
A few days ago, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Information Office issued the Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Application of Blockchain Technology and Industrial Development (hereinafter referred to as the Guiding Opinions), which further clarified the development goal of the blockchain industry in the next 10 years — — By 2025, the comprehensive strength of China’s blockchain industry will reach the world advanced level, and the industry will take shape; By 2030, the comprehensive strength of China’s blockchain industry will continue to improve, and the industrial scale will further grow.
"The release of the Guiding Opinions shows that the top-level design of China’s blockchain development has been basically completed, which has important guiding significance for the overall development of the industry." He Baohong, director of the Institute of Cloud Computing and Big Data of China Information and Communication Research Institute, said in an interview with People’s Daily that with the strong support of relevant policies, continuous optimization of technologies, continuous expansion of applications and gradual improvement of governance, the blockchain will usher in a new period of development opportunities.
More "action plans" — —
Focus on scenes, enterprises, industrial clusters, talents, etc.
In recent years, the development of China’s blockchain has been accelerating, and relevant development plans have been issued in various places to support blockchain technology innovation, application scenario expansion and industrial integration development.
According to incomplete statistics, since 2020, 10 provincial-level administrative regions such as Beijing, Hebei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guizhou, Guangxi and Yunnan have issued special development policies for blockchain (see the table below). In addition, Ningbo, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Changsha, Chengdu, Qingdao and other cities have also issued relevant policy documents.
Summary of special development policies for blockchain in provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities since 2020. Watchmaking: Deng Litian (internship)
The "Guiding Opinions" put forward short-term goals for 2025 around blockchain application scenarios, enterprise cultivation, industrial clusters, and talent teams, including: blockchain applications penetrate into many fields of economy and society, and cultivate a number of well-known products in product traceability, data circulation, supply chain management, etc.; Cultivate 3-5 internationally competitive backbone enterprises and a number of innovative leading enterprises; Create 3-5 blockchain industry development clusters; Form a team of professionals to support industrial development.
Judging from the current policy documents in various places, many places have put forward corresponding goals or measures. For example, in terms of cultivating enterprises, Zhejiang plans to cultivate more than 15 domestic blockchain leading enterprises; Hebei clarifies that the number of leading enterprises and leading enterprises in blockchain-related fields should reach 20; Hunan will promote 30,000 enterprises to go online. In terms of industrial clusters, Guizhou plans to build two or three blockchain industrial bases; Jiangsu plans three provincial-level blockchain industry development clusters; Beijing proposes to focus on the construction of blockchain industry innovation and development bases with their own characteristics and advantages in Haidian District, Chaoyang District and Tongzhou District. In terms of talents, Jiangsu plans to build 10 blockchain talent training bases; Guangxi proposes to cultivate and introduce more than 1000 middle and senior talents by 2025 … …
The industry believes that the current blockchain industry development has ushered in a "policy dividend period", and the future industrial development and technology application are expected to accelerate.
Accelerated landing of application scenarios — —
The supporting role for economic and social development has initially appeared.
Scan the QR code of the "blockchain traceability" on the package with a mobile phone, and the "identity" information such as the name of the merchant, the place of origin and the product characteristics of the product can be seen at a glance. The application of blockchain technology in security traceability is a microcosm of the application scenarios of active innovation technology in recent years.
With the continuous maturity of blockchain technology, blockchain has emerged in security traceability, supply chain management, judicial deposit, government data sharing, and people’s livelihood services. Local governments have realized the application prospect of blockchain and its significance for economic and social development, and more application scenarios are accelerating.
A few days ago, xiong’an new area completed the first "on-line" digital RMB salary payment. This year, the builders of spring afforestation projects in the new district received their salaries in the form of "digital RMB", which is one of the first application scenarios of "blockchain+digital RMB" in China. The relevant person in charge of the local financial department said: "Digital RMB provides people with more payment options. Merchants use digital RMB to settle accounts, and funds can be received in real time, which is convenient and fast, and there is no handling fee."
In terms of government services, blockchain technology has been applied in many application scenarios, such as digital identity, electronic deposit certificate, electronic bill and industrial and commercial registration. In 2020, the blockchain has been applied to 140 specific scenarios in the field of government services in Beijing, with an average reduction of 40% of materials, so that many scenarios can achieve "running at most once"; In Shenzhen, the blockchain electronic license application platform has integrated 24 kinds of commonly used electronic licenses such as resident ID cards and more than 100 high-frequency government services. The reporter learned that in the "action plan" issued by various places, "government winding" has become one of the main application scenarios of blockchain technology.
"In the past two years, the blockchain industry has indeed achieved leap-forward development with the help of policies and funds. Applications in various fields have blossomed, and blockchain technology has gradually entered daily life." Luo Wei, founder and CEO of Yulian Technology, told reporters that according to the current experience, the application of blockchain technology is of great significance in reducing costs and increasing efficiency. "For example, the intelligent inspection products of soft and hard integration based on blockchain technology can be applied to the inspection of kitchen, fire protection, hazardous waste and so on, which greatly helps enterprises to reduce management costs and also serve the regulatory authorities."
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that at present, China’s blockchain technology applications and industries have a good development foundation, and a number of representative blockchain applications have emerged. The supporting role of blockchain in China’s economic and social development has initially appeared.
Grasp opportunities and challenges — —
Promote China’s blockchain industry to achieve new advantages.
At present, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is further deepened, and major countries in the world are accelerating the development of blockchain technology. China has a strong domestic demand market and rich application scenarios, and has a good foundation in the blockchain field, especially the rapid development of the alliance chain, but it still faces challenges such as the need for in-depth industrial application, the need to consolidate the industrial foundation, and the need to strengthen ecological cultivation.
At the same time, the core technologies need to be broken through, the integration application is not yet mature, the industrial ecology needs to be improved, and the talent pool is obviously short, which also hinders the development of the blockchain industry.
"The current blockchain industry development is still in its infancy. Blockchain technology itself still faces problems such as security, credibility and expansibility. Blockchain is limited by factors such as underlying technologies, scenarios and commercialization, resulting in no large-scale landing at present. " He Baohong pointed out that to promote the healthy and orderly development of the industry, it is necessary to strengthen the guidance and standardization of blockchain technology, and promote and popularize the technical application of blockchain by improving the construction of blockchain standard system.
The Research Report on the Application and Development of Blockchain in China (2020) pointed out that the shortage of blockchain professionals in China also greatly limited the standardization process of blockchain technical specifications and the rapid development of the industry. At present, domestic universities are actively launching blockchain professional courses to make up for the shortcomings of talents. According to the incomplete statistics of People’s Network Blockchain Research Institute, more than 30 universities including Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Zhejiang University, Tongji University and xidian university have launched blockchain courses.
In the Guiding Opinions, the basic principles of traction, innovation-driven, ecological cultivation, multi-party coordination, safety and order are defined, and Industry-University-Research is coordinated to use all forces to solve key problems that restrict industrial development, and strive to promote China’s new industrial advantages in the blockchain field.
Deepen industry applications, promote the application of blockchain integration, support the digital transformation and high-quality development of the industry, accelerate application innovation, and support the transparency, equality and accuracy of public services; Consolidate the industrial foundation, focusing on improving the industrial basic ability from the aspects of standard system, technology platform, quality brand, network security and intellectual property rights; Layout the industrial chain, cultivate a number of blockchain famous products, famous enterprises and famous parks, and build an open source ecology; Cultivate industrial talents, support colleges and universities to set up blockchain professional courses, and strengthen blockchain vocational and technical education by building talent training bases … …
"The Guiding Opinions is a detailed realization path for the future planning of the blockchain industry, which is in line with the current vision of the actual digital economy." Luo Xiao said that at present, local governments are scrambling to acquire the leading enterprises in the industry, and even some places have given huge concessions by attracting investment and other means to attract outstanding enterprises from all over the world to settle in. The document clarifies the significance of the park to the development of industrial blockchain, and also clarifies the number of industrial development clusters in the future.
"The blockchain industry will be in the best development period in the next 10 years, and it will also face more intense competition and challenges. The Guiding Opinions provide direction guidance for the development of blockchain industry, which will promote the introduction and implementation of detailed rules in subsequent places and lay the foundation for building an advanced blockchain industry system. " Xiao Yinghao, general manager of Guangzhou Zhilian Future Technology Co., Ltd. believes that with the promulgation of the Guiding Opinions, more and more institutions will enter the industry in the next three to five years, and market competition will gradually intensify. For blockchain enterprises, on the one hand, it is necessary to do a good job in technical research and technical reserves, on the other hand, it is also necessary to keep up with market demand, effectively combine with industrial needs, and quickly find a mature and reproducible business model in order to survive and develop in a fiercely competitive industrial environment.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that the promulgation of the Guiding Opinions will help to further consolidate the development foundation of China’s blockchain, accelerate the scale of technology application, build a blockchain industrial ecosystem with world-advanced level, and achieve leapfrog development.