Chinese Government Unveils Members of Its National Blockchain Committee

The Ministry of Industry and Informatization of the PRC has published a list of members of its national blockchain committee, which will set standards in the industry.

To ensure that the national standards established by the committee were consistent with applicable laws and also contributed to the development of the blockchain in the country, the government included representatives from technology, finance, industry and academia in the committee.

The committee has 71 members representing 15 organizations — including Baidu, Tencent, Huawei, Peking University and Tsinghua University.

The committee is chaired by China’s Deputy Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Chen Zhaoxiong; it consists of five vice presidents (all government representatives), including those from the Digital Currencies Research Institute of the People’s Bank of China.

Author: Marko Vidrih

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