0) Last week the Beijing municipal government released a 145 page document outlining its vision for utilizing blockchain to create a "programmable government". We read the doc so you don't have to. Here's what's important. THREAD

1) Background: In a speech at the 18th Collective Study of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, President Xi Jinping emphasized the use of blockchain as an important breakthrough for independent innovation of core technologies.

2) Since then Beijing municipal government has set up a special blockchain working group to comprehensively promote the development of blockchain in terms of innovation, technological breakthroughs, application demonstrations, industry cultivation and talent training.

3) The overarching goal is the creation of a “programmable society" (Blockchain 3.0). To this end, government affairs can be an application of blockchain in the form of “programmable government affairs”.

4) "Programmable government" provides new solutions that can help to truly eliminate "data silos" and "value silos" and promote cross-departmental and cross-regional utilization and maintenance of government data.

5) Blockchain application scenarios have been developed in conjunction with the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Municipal Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau etc. for the four pilot districts of Haidian, Xicheng, Chaoyang, and Shunyi.

6) In February 2020 the Beijing Municipal Service Administration, Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Municipal Economic and Information Bureau published the "Beijing Municipal Service Sector Blockchain Application Action Plan (2020)".

7) In March 2020, the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People’s Congress deliberated and approved the "Regulations on Optimizing the Business Environment in Beijing".

7a) Article 2 of the General Provisions of the regulations clearly state the "building of a new generation of information technology based on blockchain and other data sharing and business coordination systems".

7b) Also put forth in Article 17 of the regulations is "to establish a blockchain-based enterprise electronic identity authentication information system” to reduce the materials that enterprises are required to provide.

7c) Art. 28 proposes "The gov and relevant departments should promote the application of the new-generation of information technologies including blockchain in the field of government services and provide market players with standardized, convenient and efficient gov services".

7d) Article 35 states that "electronic data generated in the application of blockchain technology can be used as the basis for handling government services and archive materials".

7e) Article 44 proposes "the use of blockchain technology to implement special electronic VAT invoices and other electronic bills".

8) Construction of programmable government affairs can be divided into three aspects:

8a) Construction of blockchain digital gov trusted infrastructure. This construction of blockchain and underlying shared blockchain platforms should be accelerated to avoid mutual isolation and dispersion between BC systems, and the formation of new "data" and "value" islands".

8b) Achieve trusted sharing + exchange of data. Clarify the resp. and rights of data sharing, build big data service network and value network. Ensure authenticity and credibility of data with traceable footprint. Promote joint maintenance and utilization across depts + regions.

8c) Deepen BC-based gov service business synergy, deepen pilot projects, implement specific business apps. in different fields. At same time, promote integration of industrial and government big data, and enhance connection between economic information and social information.

9) Why Beijing?

9a) Beijing is the country's political center, cultural center, international exchange center, and scientific and technological innovation center. It is also a leading city in the country's digital government and "Internet + government" program.

9b) Beijing has a large number of universities and technology leaders including as http://JD.com  and Baidu. These companies have had many independent projects in blockchain innovation and applications.

10) General application plan

10a1) Digital identities based on BC will become an important and basic application direction in the future. Gov agencies will record relevant certs., materials, docs. and other public records on the BC to form a full range of individual digital archives each with a unique ID.

10a2) This application will greatly reduce the information that individuals need to submit for a government service, and at the same time reduce the verification work in the approval process of government departments. This will increase efficiency and reduce costs.

10b1) BC tech will be integrated into the continual development of a credit system, gradually building a trusted society. Relying on digital ID, comprehensive and multi-directional information collection, coupled with a scientific and reasonable credit evaluation model..

10b2) … smart contract technology can give individuals and enterprises a fair and objective credit score.

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