"Digital Connectivity Valley" Unveiled in Shanghai, Building a Core Hub Connecting the World with Blockchain

"Digital Connectivity Valley" Unveiled in Shanghai, Building a Core Hub Connecting the World with BlockchainOn October 25, 2024, the "Digital Connectivity Valley: Connecting the World with Blockchain" 2024 Industrial Blockchain Conference was grandly opened in Jing'an, Shanghai. Liu Duo, Deputy Mayor of Shanghai, attended the conference and unveiled the "Digital Connectivity Valley," marking the official launch of the first themed industrial park in China focused on the blockchain industry

"Digital Connectivity Valley" Unveiled in Shanghai, Building a Core Hub Connecting the World with Blockchain

On October 25, 2024, the "Digital Connectivity Valley: Connecting the World with Blockchain" 2024 Industrial Blockchain Conference was grandly opened in Jing'an, Shanghai. Liu Duo, Deputy Mayor of Shanghai, attended the conference and unveiled the "Digital Connectivity Valley," marking the official launch of the first themed industrial park in China focused on the blockchain industry.

In her address, Xu Huili, Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Municipal Government, emphasized that in recent years, Shanghai has been comprehensively promoting blockchain technology research, industrial development, application innovation, and ecosystem cultivation, aiming to build a national highland for blockchain innovation development, scenario application demonstration, and technological standard origination. As an important carrier area for the construction of the "National Blockchain Application Demonstration Zone," Jing'an District has been actively building an industrial ecosystem, continuously enriching application scenarios, and contributing to the development of Shanghai's blockchain industry. In the future, Shanghai will support the high-standard construction and development of "Digital Connectivity Valley," striving to make it a core hub node for "connecting the world with blockchain" in Shanghai and even the whole country.

Yu Yong, Secretary of the Jing'an District Committee, pointed out at the conference that Jing'an District, following the central and municipal party committee's decisions and deployments, has taken the lead in cultivating the blockchain industry, successfully being selected as a "National Comprehensive Pilot for Blockchain Innovation Applications," and has initially formed a resource-rich and ecologically active industrial system. Under the strategic deployment of Shanghai, Jing'an District is working towards the goal of building the National Blockchain Application Demonstration Zone and making every effort to promote the construction of "Digital Connectivity Valley."

Located in the central area of Shanghai's "Middle Ring Road Two Wings Innovation and Creativity Gathering Belt," "Digital Connectivity Valley" covers an area of approximately 120,000 square meters, with an office space of 66,000 square meters. As the core area of Jing'an's blockchain industry, "Digital Connectivity Valley" boasts numerous blockchain enterprises and has already gathered a group of high-quality enterprises, including China Electric Equipment Group, Pujiang Blockchain, Shanghai Academy of Sciences Software Center, Ant Chain Industrial Development Innovation Center, Shanghai Digital Governance Research Institute, and Big Data Co., Ltd., covering blockchain technology research and development, application scenario development, and industrial services. Various application chains and application scenarios have been implemented here, forming a strong industrial agglomeration effect.

To attract more high-quality enterprises to join and create a more perfect industrial ecosystem, Jing'an District is striving to build six comprehensive service platforms for "Digital Connectivity Valley":

• Policy-Driven Platform: Providing preferential policies and support measures for resident enterprises to accelerate their development.

• Technology-Driven Platform: Providing technology consulting, research and development support, and talent training services to promote industrial innovation development.

• Scenario-Driven Platform: Building the first blockchain-themed scenario market in China, providing a platform and channel for communication and trade between supply and demand, and promoting the implementation of more new application scenarios.

• Talent Service Platform: Establishing a talent introduction and cultivation mechanism to provide talent guarantee for enterprise development.

• Professional Service Platform: Providing legal, financial, intellectual property, and other professional services to help enterprises solve various problems during their development process.

• Certification Service Platform: Providing certification services for enterprise products and services to enhance enterprise competitiveness.

The construction of "Digital Connectivity Valley" will effectively promote the agglomeration development of Jing'an District's blockchain industry, contribute to Shanghai's efforts to build a national highland for blockchain industry development, accelerate the development of the digital economy, and contribute to the building of a digital China.

During the conference, the following special events were also held:

• 2024 China Industrial Blockchain Development Report and China Digital Supply Chain Development Report Release Ceremony: Releasing major industry achievements and providing references for industry development.

• Cooperation Signing Ceremony between the People's Government of Jing'an District, Shanghai, and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing: Promoting the application of blockchain technology in the logistics field.

• Launching Ceremony of the Digital Connectivity Valley Talent Cultivation Platform: Providing talent guarantee for the development of the blockchain industry.

• Strategic Cooperation Signing Ceremony for Financing Services for Digital Connectivity Valley: Providing financing services for resident businesses.

• Digital Connectivity Valley Enterprise and Institution Joint Entry Ceremony: Attracting more high-quality enterprises to join "Digital Connectivity Valley."

• 2024 Industrial Chain and Supply Chain Digital Economy Conference: Discussing the development trends of the industrial chain and supply chain digital economy.

• Blockchain Data Element Innovation Development Forum: Exploring the path of integrated development of blockchain and data elements.

• Jing'an District, Shanghai, Special Investment Promotion and Matching Conference: Attracting more companies to invest in Jing'an's blockchain industry.

• 2024 First Industrial Digital Finance 50 Forum: Discussing the development trends of industrial digital finance.

• 2024 Second Digital Logistics 50 Forum: Discussing the development trends of digital logistics.

The unveiling of "Digital Connectivity Valley" and the successful hosting of the conference mark a new stage in the development of Shanghai's blockchain industry. In the future, Jing'an District will continue to strengthen scientific research, scenario applications, and talent cultivation, promoting "Digital Connectivity Valley" to become an important engine for the development of the national blockchain industry, and contributing to the development of the digital economy in Shanghai and even the entire country.

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