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China’s Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission Targets 2030 To Complete National Blockchain Network
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2030 target to largely complete national blockchain network across sectors under 15th Five-Year Plan. Plan expands blockchain use in trade, manufacturing, finance, agriculture; strengthens technical standards.
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2030 Blockchain Network Goal
China’s Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission set a 2030 target to largely complete a national blockchain network under the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Informatization. China’s plan calls for deeper blockchain use in trade and finance in the Yangtze River Delta and for deployment at scale in manufacturing and agriculture in the Chengdu–Chongqing region. China’s plan proposes the commercial launch of sixth-generation (6G) mobile services at an appropriate time.
China’s internet penetration rate is expected to rise to 85 percent by 2030, up from 80.1 percent in 2025, and the number of 5G base stations per 10,000 people is projected to increase from 34 to 50. The plan expects breakthroughs in core technologies, including deeper integration of AI with operating systems and software development toolchains.
Standards, Data Circulation
China’s five-year digital development plan also calls for stronger blockchain technical standards and greater use of blockchain in data circulation and trading.
The document makes the completion target explicit for a project already included in China’s national development plan released in March.
A joint policy from the Communist Party’s central leadership and State Council published on Oct. 9 called for its construction.
The plan expects significant progress in informatization by 2030, with digital technologies playing a greater role in advancing Chinese modernization.
The plan stresses the need to strengthen data security and protect personal information.
Blockchain, Not Crypto
China’s plan formalizes blockchain as a strategic national industry while maintaining restrictions on cryptocurrency-related business activity. Mainland China bans cryptocurrency-related business activities, but promotes blockchain technology as a national priority. The plan sets a broader goal of making significant progress in informatization by 2030, with digital technologies playing a greater role in advancing Chinese modernization.
President Xi Jinping called for greater investment in blockchain in 2019 and identified it as an important area for developing China’s own technological capabilities. The plan proposes the commercial launch of sixth-generation (6G) mobile services at an appropriate time as part of the same five-year digital agenda.