Huawei Builds Blockchain Platform So Beijing Govt Can Better Manage People’s Data
Chinese tech conglomerate Huawei has set up a blockchain-based platform for the Beijing government to better track and manage its citizens’ data in everything from medical records, property registration and real-time vehicle parking status.
- Huawei’s cloud services branch has enabled the project with blockchain technology such as smart contract and distributed ledger, according to a report by state media People’s Daily on Monday.
- The project is part of China’s “New Infrastructure Initiative” to transform digital governance with blockchain so that data can be immutable and shared between different government agencies.
- The Beijing government aims to leverage the blockchain platform to make data shareable between more than 50 agencies within the municipality.
- The new platform will help the government to monitor coronavirus cases, streamline the process for people to register their real estate and find parking spots for local citizens in real time.
- Huawei, as the poster child of Chinese tech, has met with heavy scrutiny and political resistance from the western world.
- The U.S. has barred Huawei’s major semiconductor suppliers from selling chips to the company, while both the U.S. and U.K. has banned local telecom companies from using Huawei’s 5G devices and technology due to national security reasons.
- The move also echoes the Chinese central government’s shift toward boosting domestic demand for emerging technology and services as techno-nationalism rises and the global market weakens.
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