By 2027, China’s capital plans to deploy blockchain technologies across key sectors such as healthcare, education, and transportation, as well as build national DLT networks and digital ID platforms.
Beijing authorities unveiled the “Action Plan for Innovation and Development of Blockchain Applications in Beijing (2025–2027),” an ambitious strategy to integrate blockchain into the city’s infrastructure and major economic sectors.
The document was jointly developed by several municipal bodies, including the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Administrative Committee of the Zhongguancun National Innovation Demonstration Zone.
The plan’s goal is to establish a digital blockchain infrastructure by 2027, with a focus on security, scalability, and cross-network interoperability. Specifically, the plan includes:
- creating national blockchain nodes and DLT platforms for distributed data storage;
- developing specialized Web3 chips and privacy protection functions;
- ensuring cross-chain compatibility of DLT networks;
- providing reliable storage nodes with capacities exceeding a petabyte;
- developing secure digital identification systems capable of serving hundreds of millions of users.
The plan also calls for the application of blockchain technologies in sectors such as:
- healthcare — to simplify insurance claims processing and ensure secure personal data exchange;
- education — to train AI models using high-quality educational resources while complying with regulations;
- finance — to integrate blockchain into lending, underwriting, and risk management processes;
- logistics — to optimize freight transport processes, standardization, and data exchange on vehicles.
This new 2025–2027 plan aims to strengthen China’s position as a leader in the digital economy. In 2023, the Chinese government approved a large-scale national research network dedicated to the development and implementation of blockchain technologies. In addition, a program was launched to train over half a million highly skilled DLT specialists.
