China president Xi Jinping wants the country to “take the leading position” in blockchain

The Block reports, “China president Xi Jinping said on Thursday the communist party should regard blockchain as a core technology for important innovative breakthroughs and should commit to accelerating the development of such technology, per a report by Xinhua.net.

“Xi made the remark in a meeting with the political bureau of the party’s Central Committee. The meeting is part of a workshop series held regularly by the Central Committee and the Thursday workshop aimed at learning the current state and future development of blockchain technology. This is presumably the first time the party’s central committee collectively studied blockchain…”

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