Not long ago, Wu Bo, the tax officer of Shenzhen Zhiyuan Investment Co., Ltd., issued an electronic tax payment certificate with “special significance” through the WeChat applet. Because this is the first blockchain tax payment certificate issued by Shenzhen.
It is reported that in the past, taxpayers could only obtain insurance policies or electronic payment certificates on the spot after paying vehicle and vessel taxes. If tax payment certificates are required, they must wait for the insurance company or the Maritime Safety Administration to complete the tax collection report before going to the tax office to reissue Tax clearance certificate.
The application of blockchain technology not only solves the inconvenience of issuing invoices in the collection and payment and commissioned collection scenarios, but also ensures that the tax receipt information is real-time on the chain and the truth is not tampered with. For third parties who need to check tax receipt information , Can also guarantee its real-time inspection.
This also means that under the continuous innovation, Shenzhen blockchain application scenarios have added a new case.
In recent years, Shenzhen has attached great importance to blockchain technology innovation and industrial layout. Through policy escort and key breakthroughs, it has formed multiple blossoms in the field of blockchain application, and the cluster development has taken the lead in the country.
Policy escort
In fact, as the vanguard and pioneer of reform and opening up, Shenzhen has a very clear understanding of blockchain , that is, blockchain is an important frontier of world technology and industrial development, and it is important for Shenzhen to become a capital of innovation and creativity with global influence. The component is an important starting point for the construction of a global science and technology innovation center in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Based on this, although Shenzhen has not yet issued a special action plan for the development of the blockchain industry, it has issued a number of policies to support the development of blockchain technology and industry.
On January 4 this year, Shenzhen issued the “Shenzhen Digital Economy Industry Innovation Development Implementation Plan (2021-2023)”. It is proposed that efforts should be made to take the lead in making breakthroughs, key enhancements, and seizing the commanding heights of technological development in the basic theories of blockchain and the original innovation of core technologies. Strengthen the research of blockchain standardization, and enhance the international discourse power and rule-making power. Explore the application and demonstration of blockchain in smart cities, digital government, finance, people’s livelihood, deposit certificates, digital property rights transactions, and credit system construction.
In addition to this newly released document, Shenzhen’s policy to support the development of the blockchain industry can be traced back to 5 years ago. In 2016, the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” for the Development of Shenzhen’s Financial Industry issued by the Shenzhen Municipal Finance Office mentioned supporting financial institutions to strengthen research and exploration of emerging technologies such as blockchain and digital currency.
Since then, the “Notice of the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government on Printing and Distributing Several Measures to Support the Development of the Financial Industry” was issued in 2017, and in 2018, “The Municipal Economic and Trade Information Commission’s Information Technology Information on Organizing and Implementing Shenzhen’s Strategic Emerging Industries Next Generation Information Technology Security Special Project Notice of the Second Batch of Support Plans in 2018, and many other support policies involving the blockchain industry.
Thanks to the support of these policies, Shenzhen’s blockchain-related companies have developed rapidly in the past five years, and there are currently nearly 4,000 blockchain-related companies. At the same time, the number of domestic patent disclosures in the field of Shenzhen’s blockchain ranks second among major cities across the country.
Focus on “Blockchain + Finance”
From the current blockchain policy, Shenzhen attaches great importance to financial innovation and regards blockchain technology as an important means to promote the development of financial technology . The application of blockchain in the financial field is an important direction of Shenzhen’s supporting policies.
According to data, as of December 2020, among the four batches of domestic blockchain information service filing companies released by the State Cyberspace Administration of China, 113 companies are located in Shenzhen, of which nearly half are in the financial sector.
It can be said that the financial industry is the most widely used area of Shenzhen’s blockchain, covering subdivision applications such as deposit certificates, bills, supply chain finance, and financial service platforms, reflecting that Shenzhen’s intensive introduction of blockchain industry support policies has achieved good results.
Among them, the blockchain electronic invoices launched in 2018 have achieved outstanding results. As of mid-October 2020, Shenzhen’s blockchain electronic invoices have issued 33 million, covering more than 100 industries, an increase of 23 million compared with the same period last year.
Moreover, during this year’s epidemic, blockchain electronic invoices were timely implemented in new scenarios such as real estate sales, medical care, and schools. The “non-contact” feature also greatly reduced the risk of virus transmission. In the same period, the fast version of blockchain electronic invoices with development-free and docking-free was also launched to solve the problem of “invoice shortage” for enterprises.
In 2020, Shenzhen will also become the world’s largest digital renminbi “open beta” site. Luohu District issued 50,000 “Red Packets of Luohu Digital RMB” with a total of 10 million yuan.
It is particularly noteworthy. Compared with other cities, Shenzhen has established a financial blockchain cooperation alliance earlier, focusing on the application of blockchain in finance. The alliance brought together 31 companies including WeBank, Ping An Bank, China Merchants Bank Networks, Hang Seng Electronics, JD Finance, Tencent, Huawei, Yinlian Technology, Shenzhen Financial Information Service Association, etc., aiming to integrate and coordinate finance Blockchain technology research resources form a joint force and coordination mechanism for financial blockchain technology research and application research.
Strong strength and clustered enterprises
From the launch of blockchain electronic invoices, to the launch of the “Shenzhen Four Departments Information Exchange Platform”, to the smooth operation of the People’s Bank of China Trade Finance Blockchain Platform project…
With the support of the policy, Shenzhen takes the lead in the application of blockchain technology.
Among them, the role of large companies cannot be ignored. According to reports, companies such as Tencent, Huawei, Xunlei, and Ping An Group are all committed to blockchain research. For example, Tencent’s blockchain has been applied in the fields of “blockchain + medical”, “block chain + justice” and “block chain + logistics”; Huawei is concerned about “block chain + certificate”, “block chain + New energy”, “blockchain + traceability”, etc.; Xunlei Chain has also released product solutions in 16 vertical scenarios in the six core areas of finance, government affairs, justice, medical care, industry and people’s livelihood.
The reason why these large companies are able to push in this way is that Shenzhen’s scientific research process has always maintained the forefront of the country, and its strong scientific research capabilities can effectively ensure the development of the blockchain industry.
In 2018, Shenzhen’s R&D investment accounted for more than 50% of the Pearl River Delta; R&D personnel accounted for about 40% of the Pearl River Delta; companies with R&D activities accounted for about 27% of the Pearl River Delta; companies with R&D institutions accounted for about 26% of the Pearl River Delta.
Thanks to R&D expenditure and the high level of investment by R&D personnel, the number of Shenzhen technology patent applications has maintained rapid growth in recent years. In 2018, the total number of patent applications increased by 22.53% compared with the previous year. The number of PCT international patent applications has been ranked for 14 consecutive years. Ranked No. 1 in the country, fully demonstrating the continuous enhancement of the innovation capabilities of Shenzhen technology-based enterprises.
It is not difficult to see that on the “new track” of the blockchain, Shenzhen, the forefront of reform and opening up, is constantly deepening its layout and promoting applications, and is committed to becoming the high ground of the blockchain global industrial chain technology chain.
Facing the future development direction. Shenzhen should seize the opportunity of the state to support its construction of a pioneering demonstration zone of socialism with Chinese characteristics , seize the opportunity of the state’s determination to vigorously develop blockchain technology, build a digital economy innovation and development pilot zone, and forward-looking layout of finance based on digital currency The technology industry competes for the “blockchain capital” in the blockchain era.
