On May 11, the Art Creation Space of Chengdu Research Institute of City University of Hong Kong (A+i, A+i is the abbreviation of Arts and innovation in English) held its opening ceremony at the shore of Fengxiang Lake in Shuangliu District, Chengdu. at the opening ceremony,Shuangliu District and City University of Hong Kong signed a cooperation agreement on the Blockchain Industry Technology Research Institute.It is reported that,
It is reported that,The Chengdu Research Institute of City University of Hong Kong is the first industry-university-research platform established by City University of Hong Kong in western China, aims to build a national demonstration base for international innovation and technological transformation, promote international collaborative innovation and promote regional economic development.
Prior to this, Chengdu has issued policy guidance information to carry out the layout of the blockchain industry chain.
On August 8, 2017, Chengdu officially released the 19 Financial Measures to promote industrial development. The policy clearly selects the location for the construction of a high-tech financial industrial park, and supports the deep integration of new-generation information technologies such as big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and blockchain with the financial field. A reward of up to 10 million yuan will be given to newly introduced fintech companies, key fintech laboratories, technological service innovation platforms, and incubators.
On July 2, 2017, Chengdu High-tech Zone has officially issued the first policy to promote new economic development in the central and western regions - Several Policies of Chengdu High-tech Zone on Developing New Economy and Cultivating New Momentum. Support the development of cross-border economy and integrated economy characterized by new business forms. For financial technology companies that carry out businesses such as blockchain, mobile payment, and smart investment, a subsidy of up to 5 million yuan will be given at 10% of the research and development costs.
On June 14, 2017, at the 2017 First Global Blockchain Summit Forum Drive Innovation Link the Future held in Chengdu, Tianfu Software Park, Lianyi Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Zoomlion ICT, Fukun Chuang Tou announced the joint establishment of the Southwest Blockchain Innovation and Development Alliance, and strives to build Chengdu into a national blockchain research and development center within 3 to 5 years.This is the first blockchain industry alliance in Southwest China.
From a national perspective, China currently has 62 blockchain research institutes (centers, laboratories), distributed in 15 cities across the country. Beijing has the largest number of blockchain research institutes, reaching 26, accounting for 42% of the number of research institutes in China. Universities and scientific research institutions, enterprises, and the government are the three main bodies for establishing research institutes in China. Among the more than 60 research institutes that can confirm the founders, universities, scientific research institutions and enterprises each founded 28, accounting for 45.2% of the total. That is to say, these two subjects founded more than 90% of the blockchain research institutes in China.
Compared with the application of landing technology, the overall layout of the blockchain research institute is 1-2 years earlier.This is due to the fact that universities and scientific research institutions pay close attention to cutting-edge technologies, while enterprises are immersed in the industry, and the two have a very sensitive sense of smell, and they have captured the trend of technology application in advance, so as to lay out in advance. These initiatives will continue to drive the rapid development of blockchain technology and applications in China.
