Scan the traceable source code on the vaccine, which company the vaccine was produced from, which refrigerated truck it was transported through, which disease control cold storage it has stayed in, and when will it finally arrive at the vaccination unit... This information is through "Jiangsu Hengwei" The vaccine certificate traceability platform developed is easy to know. The platform uses blockchain technology to digitally certify vaccines, creating an exclusive "ID card" for each vaccine. Every link from vaccine production to vaccination will be registered on the chain. Regulators can supervise the circulation of vaccines. Vaccine users can obtain vaccine traceability information.
This is just a silhouette of blockchain technology empowering smart healthcare. As a new generation of information infrastructure, blockchain is increasingly being used in multiple life scenarios. At the Trusted Blockchain Summit Forum of the 2020 Jiangsu Internet Conference held on November 6, the industry looked forward to and discussed the development prospects of blockchain technology.
Magic application:
Empowering multi-dimensional scenarios, broad market prospects
Blockchain is not actually "mysterious". The so-called "blockchain technology" is simply built on a peer-to-peer network, using a chained data structure to verify and store data, and generate and update data based on a distributed node consensus algorithm , To ensure the security of data transmission and access through cryptography, a new distributed infrastructure and computing paradigm in which data is programmed and operated in accordance with smart contracts composed of automated script codes.
In the application scenario, it is easier to understand what a blockchain is. "For a long time, there have been three major problems in intellectual property protection: the difficulty of confirming rights, the difficulty of using rights, and the difficulty of safeguarding rights. Blockchain technology has the characteristics of decentralization, data sharing, anti-tampering of historically traceable data, and automatic value transfer. Intellectual property protection empowers and supports.” At the forum, Qi Yong, executive deputy dean of the School of Intellectual Property of Nanjing University of Science and Technology, took out a "digital product intellectual property blockchain platform" developed by the school and explained that the original author submitted IP works , The platform performs operations such as registration, evaluation, authorization, transaction, use, monitoring, and rights protection, and generates corresponding IP activity data, forms IP data blocks and stores them in a distributed storage platform, ensuring one stop in the life cycle of intellectual property rights Management and protection.
"Jiangsu Rongze" is an e-government system based on blockchain research and development, which has opened up 49 government departments including Nanjing Public Security, Civil Affairs, Taxation, Real Estate, Human Resources and Social Security, and supported more than 600 licenses and licenses collection and storage and more than 1,800 documents. Connected; Jinninghui "Chaintong Wanjia" takes community public fund supervision and floating population management as its main focus, and realizes community fund management, owner voting, residents reporting, community rental registration, and property coordination comprehensive upgrades, creating a "community governance" +Demonstration point of "smart community"...In the province, blockchain has been widely used in many fields such as e-government, technology finance, intellectual property, and electronic deposits.
Behind the diversification of application scenarios is the "rapid" development of the blockchain industry, with market players growing rapidly. Although it is still in its infancy , with the continuous strengthening of industry support and technology, the scale of China's blockchain industry continues to expand. According to statistics, the market size of China's blockchain industry was only about 100 million yuan in 2016, and it has grown to 1.2 billion yuan in 2019. It is estimated that by 2022, the market size of my country's blockchain core products and solutions and related derivative industries will reach "tens of billions."
According to Hu Liansheng, deputy director of the Cyberspace Administration of the Provincial Party Committee, as of mid-October, there have been over 50,000 blockchain-related companies registered in the country , including more than 3,500 blockchain-related companies registered in Jiangsu Province, ranking the country. third. According to the data from the enterprise search, more than 2,000 blockchain companies have been established in our province this year, an increase of 230%, which can be called a “full-scale outbreak”.
Development of "blocking points":
Insufficient talent pool and lack of technical standards
However, the development of the blockchain industry is not unimpeded.
“As a decentralized, non-tamperable, and credible distributed ledger, the blockchain provides an innovative financial solution. However, we found that there are also problems with the deep integration of blockchain and supply chain finance.” Tang Ran, the director of the Blockchain Project of Bank of Jiangsu, said frankly that although the development of the underlying technology of the blockchain is supported by the state, the broad recognition of the blockchain is not high. People who engage in blockchain do not understand the supply chain, and those who engage in supply chain The lack of understanding of blockchain has led to the fact that the blockchain industry has not really been applied to supply chain finance . For example, supply chain finance has provided a full range of financing services for small, medium and micro enterprises. The technical support, standardization work, business model discovery and even supervision required for the integration of blockchain into it cannot be achieved overnight.
Similar problems are common in the process of "+" blockchain in all walks of life. The Jiangsu Blockchain Industry Development Report released during the forum mentioned that the current Jiangsu Blockchain industry mainly has problems such as scarcity of human resources, weak industrial agglomeration, lack of technical standards and insufficient business requirements.
“At present, only large companies attach importance to blockchain technology training. Independent training for small and micro enterprises is very rare , and there is a huge gap in talent training.” Shi Yadong, president of Jiangsu Zhilian Technology Co., Ltd., said that currently blockchain does not have the need to develop as an industry alone. Conditions must be combined with traditional industries to form an "industry + blockchain" application model, which requires the practitioner team to reserve high-quality compound talents with cross-industry capabilities in business and scenarios . However, the domestic blockchain talent reserve is seriously insufficient .
Research from the Provincial Urban Development Research Institute shows that: on the one hand, our province’s information and communication industry has a high level of development, a developed software industry, rich scientific and educational resources , and a good environment for the development and application of blockchain technology; The proportion of industry in the country is only 2%-5%, which is not commensurate with the level of industrial and economic and social development in our province. The relatively developed cities such as Nanjing and Suzhou still lag behind Shenzhen and Hangzhou in terms of the development of the blockchain industry. The industrial agglomeration effect is not strong, resulting in economies of scale , innovation benefits and a healthy environment of competition.
There is also a "blocking point" in terms of technical standards. At present, there is no universal standard in the blockchain field in our province, which leads to the lack of standardized guidance for blockchain development and deployment. In addition , because the blockchain technology solution is not mature enough, at present, we can only reshape the existing system architecture by adding a trust mechanism, which cannot fundamentally change and improve the application scenario.
Problem solving path:
Strengthen the top-level design to seize the high point of technological innovation
Despite the "blocking points", the future prospects of the blockchain industry are unanimously promising.
"It is necessary to further strengthen the government's top-level planning and design, give full play to the guiding role of government procurement , promote the development of the blockchain industry in a focused, phased , and orderly manner , and form a characteristic industrial chain, and give blockchain companies a certain amount of government orders. Support and help more blockchain scenarios to be implemented.” Wang Xingya, deputy dean of the Provincial Urban Development Research Institute, said that our province strives to open more than 200 blockchain application scenarios within 3 years and build 5-8 blocks in the province. chain cluster industrial park , are very effective industry "essay" path.
"As a blockchain-related platform or enterprise, we must'walk on two legs'-a good carrier and deep research and development." Sun Shengli , deputy dean of Nanjing Boya Blockchain Research Institute, believes that blockchain applications must be integrated with the real economy. Establish a blockchain industry incubation base to provide supporting infrastructure for small, medium and micro blockchain startup companies; it is also necessary to accelerate the cultivation of blockchain leading companies with strong innovation capabilities, great development potential, and master core technologies, and promote the rapid growth of enterprises into independent players Animal enterprise.
"The reason why the development of the blockchain is in its infancy is that many people do not understand the underlying technology of the blockchain, which is equivalent to'building a car and no one drives it.'" Shi Yadong suggested that universities need to offer blockchain technology courses for Students take elective courses; at the same time, you may wish to set up interdisciplinary subjects, such as financial technology majors, wisdom and financial accounting majors, etc.; in addition, enterprises need to intervene to strengthen integration of production and education.
Hu Liansheng stated that in order to seize the "commanding heights" of information technology innovation, our province will promote the innovation and development of blockchain, focusing on strengthening core technology research , and providing safe and controllable technical support for the development of blockchain applications; deepening innovation in scenario applications and promoting blocks Scenario application innovation and pilot demonstrations in key areas such as industrial Internet, Internet of Things, government services, cultural education, etc.; build an optimized industrial ecology, strengthen research on blockchain standardization, and promote general technical standards and scenario-based industry standards in batches Construction , striving to create a national blockchain development demonstration zone, and then "chain" new advantages for future development.