The Anniversary of the Greater Bay Area Planning: Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao have become a geomantic treasure for blockchain development
Editor's Note: This article comes fromInterchain Pulse (ID: HiveEcon), Author: Jin Zuoche, reproduced by Odaily with authorization.
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Interchain Pulse (ID: HiveEcon)Interchain Pulse (ID: HiveEcon), Author: Jin Zuoche, reproduced by Odaily with authorization.；On February 18 last year, the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Planning Outline" (hereinafter referred to as the "Planning Outline") was officially released, just one year ago.In the past year, the development of the blockchain in the Greater Bay Area has begun to show results, and has further promoted the interconnection and cooperative development of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. In February 2019, Mutual Chain Pulse launched a special topic on the blockchain industry in the Bay Area. 【
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】On the occasion of the first anniversary of the construction of the Bay Area, Mutual Chain Pulse analyzed the development of blockchain in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao from the three dimensions of policy, scientific research, and industrial application.
A year ago, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Planning Outline was released, and the construction of the Greater Bay Area was officially upgraded to a national strategy. There are 9 cities in the Bay Area, which have a world-leading industrial structure, but there are three types of systems. It is not easy to achieve coordinated development, and simply blockchain is the technical solution to coordinated development. On November 25 last year, Chen Lei, CEO of Xunlei Group and CEO of Wangxin Technology, said at the second Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Financial Development Forum that blockchain and related technologies can help build an efficient, orderly and credible financial system , will become the core technology of the top-level design of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
One year after the release of the planning outline, the development of the blockchain in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has indeed led the trend.
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In February 2019, Interchain Pulse also sorted out the blockchain policy information in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, and concluded that the severity of the blockchain regulatory measures in the three places is: Guangdong > Hong Kong > Macau.
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But in the past year, this order has changed. Compared with the Guangdong region, the Hong Kong region has more prominent supervision of the blockchain field. In 2019, the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission has successively promoted the supervision of security token issuance (STO), licensed virtual asset managers, virtual asset futures contracts, and virtual asset trading platforms. These regulations are essentially guiding the healthy development of the blockchain field, which has certain promotion significance for the positive development of the industry.
In addition to Hong Kong, Shenzhen City has also launched corresponding regulatory measures. After the blockchain was listed as an "important breakthrough in independent innovation of core technologies" at the end of October, the blockchain market reacted strongly. At a time when good and bad people were mixed, the Shenzhen Local Financial Supervision Bureau also strengthened supervision and launched a crackdown on illegal activities of virtual currencies. Special rectification.
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Compared with supervision, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao regions have paid more attention to support for the blockchain field this year. Prior to this, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was an area with a high density of blockchain support policies. In the past year, the cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen in the Guangdong region have contributed a lot to blockchain support.
First, it aims to promote blockchain industry clusters, and currently the Greater Bay Area has formed multiple industrial clusters. The current blockchain industry clusters include: the China Blockchain Digital Economy Innovation Zone in Guangzhou; the "blockchain +" financial technology industry cluster built by the Guangdong Financial High-tech Zone in Foshan City; the country's first digital currency building will be built Futian District, Shenzhen; Zhuhai and Macao, which jointly released the white paper on "blockchain + characteristic finance".
Second, during this year, the Greater Bay Area has increased its financial support for the blockchain field.
In March 2019, the "Blockchain 10 2.0" in Huangpu District, Guangzhou was released. The policy strengthened financial support capabilities, encouraged the establishment of a 1 billion-scale blockchain industry fund, and attracted social capital to form a capital supply effect; In the next April, Guangdong Financial High-tech Zone built a "blockchain +" financial technology industry cluster base, focusing on identifying "blockchain +" financial technology companies. Certified enterprises can receive a settlement reward of up to 1.3 million yuan; in July, the "Shenzhen Bureau of Commerce Industrial Development Special Fund Consumption Improvement Support Plan Operation Procedures" was officially issued. Shenzhen encourages commercial enterprises to apply blockchain and other new technologies to develop new retail projects, and grants 20% of the actual investment to eligible markets and projects.
In summary, the blockchain policy of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area this year, among which, Hong Kong pays more attention to the positive guidance of the blockchain field in the form of supervision; the blockchain in Guangdong strengthens the formation of industrial clusters , and increase financial support; there are currently few blockchain-related policies in Macau.
On the basis of policy development, blockchain research work in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is also continuing to advance. Previously, blockchain research centers and laboratories in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao were widely distributed in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Macau, Hong Kong, Dongguan and other regions. According to the inter-chain pulse statistics, during the construction of the Bay Area, the newly established blockchain research institutions were relatively concentrated in Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
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In October 2019, Shenzhen established its first industrial college, Shenzhen University WeBank Financial Technology College, which plans to lay out blockchain finance and other professional directions.
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On the basis of research institutions, Interchain Pulse further pays attention to the research results of blockchain, and observes the research results of blockchain in the Greater Bay Area through the number of applications for blockchain invention patents.
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According to innojoy data, as of now, Guangdong Province has a total of 3,829 blockchain invention patents, ranking first in the country, and among them, 1,499 blockchain invention patents were applied after February 18, 2019. The blockchain patents promoted after the release of the planning outline accounted for 39.14% of the total.
Among them, Shenzhen currently has a total of 2,999 blockchain invention patents, and 1,293 of them were applied after the release of the planning outline, accounting for 43.11% of the total; Guangzhou has a total of 507 patents, of which 151 projects are in the planning outline Apply after posting. At the same time, according to the official website of the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department, there are currently 137 blockchain invention patents in Hong Kong, 51 of which were announced after the release of the planning outline.
In general, the number of blockchain patent applications in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area did not grow as explosively as in 2018, but the growth rate slowed down. However, among them, the number of blockchain patent applications in Shenzhen has increased rapidly.
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Guangshen leads the landing of blockchain in the field of government affairs
On the basis of policy and scientific research development, the blockchain industry in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has also achieved further development.
Mutual Chain Pulse first paid attention to blockchain companies in the Bay Area. Through the enterprise search, search according to the business scope and company name containing "blockchain". As of now, there are 20,602 enterprises in Guangdong Province with blockchain as the business scope, of which 6,820 were established after 2019. However, In the previous single year of 2018, 8,436 blockchain companies were established.
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It can be seen from the statistical data that compared with the explosive growth of blockchain companies in various places in 2018, after the release of the "Outline", the growth of blockchain has been relatively slow, but in fact Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao still attract many blockchain companies, and Some enterprises have moved their technology research and development part to the Greater Bay Area.
In the past year, blockchain applications have been relatively concentrated in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, and the applications have been relatively concentrated in the field of government affairs.
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Shenzhen gathers leading Internet companies such as Tencent, Huawei, and Xunlei, and is also the location of the Central Bank's Digital Currency Research Institute. As the country's first blockchain electronic invoice pilot city, the most important application of blockchain in Shenzhen is the taxation field in government affairs.
According to news in October 2019, blockchain electronic invoices have been connected to more than 7,600 companies, and the number of invoices has exceeded 10 million, with an amount exceeding 7 billion yuan, serving hundreds of industries such as finance and insurance, retailers, supermarkets, and parking services; and as of By the end of the year, the number of blockchain electronic invoices issued in Shenzhen exceeded 14 million. Electronic invoices will be fully promoted in Qianhai, Shenzhen as a pilot, and will be the first to achieve full coverage of electronic invoices in January 2020.
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In addition, Guangzhou also has applications in the tax field. In October 2019, Guangdong Province officially launched blockchain financial electronic bills. Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center and South China Normal University took the lead in issuing blockchain financial electronic bills. This is also the first batch of on-chain billing units in Guangdong Province.
However, the application of blockchain in Guangzhou focuses on judicial and commercial services in the field of government affairs, and is mainly led by government agencies.
