China announces members of its national blockchain committee, includes Baidu and Tencent executives

Quick Take
- China’s government has announced members of its national blockchain committee
- It includes executives from China’s central bank, as well as from tech giants Baidu and Tencent
- The committee would work on setting industrial standards for blockchain technology


The central government of China has announced members of its national blockchain committee that would work on setting industrial standards.
The committee comprises of 71 members, including executives from Chinese tech giants Baidu and Tencent, according to an announcement from the country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Monday.
The "National Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology Standardisation Technical Committee" has been formed after getting approval from the National Standardization Management Committee, said the ministry.
The blockchain committee is chaired by MIIT deputy minister Chen Zhaoxiong, and includes five vice presidents - all government staff - including the one from People's Bank of China Digital Currency Research Institute.
Other members of the committee include executives from notable companies and universities, such as Baidu, Tencent, Huawei, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, and more.
Notably, Tencent and its affiliates filed for the most blockchain patents in 2019, as The Block reported last week. Out of a total of over 5,800, Tencent group filed 718 blockchain patents.
The MIIT is seeking public feedback on the committee members until May 12, 2020. "If you have different opinions, please feedback them to the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry [...] and email to [email protected]," said the ministry.
Here's the list of all 71 members of the committee:
Serial number |
Name |
Committee duties |
Employer |
Position / Title |
1 |
Chen Zhaoxiong |
Chairman |
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology |
Deputy Minister |
2 |
Xie Shaofeng |
Vice President |
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology |
Director of Information Technology Development Division |
3 |
Fan Shujian |
Vice President |
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology |
Deputy Director of Science and Technology Department |
4 |
Zhao Bo |
Vice President |
China Electronics Standardization Institute |
Dean |
5 |
Liu Duo |
Vice President |
China Information and Communication Research Institute |
Dean |
6 |
Di Gang |
Vice President |
People's Bank of China Digital Currency Research Institute |
Vice Director |
7 |
Li Ying |
Committee member |
Information Technology Development Department, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology |
First-level inspector |
8 |
Sun Wenlong |
Member and Secretary |
China Electronics Standardization Institute |
associate dean |
9 |
Shi Huikang |
Member and Deputy Secretary-General |
Information Technology Development Department, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology |
Director |
10 |
Liao Yimin |
Member and Deputy Secretary-General |
Information Technology Bureau of the Office of the Central Cybersecurity and Information Technology Committee |
Director |
11 |
Hu Chunming |
Member and Deputy Secretary-General |
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
Deputy Dean / Professor, School of Computer |
12 |
Cai Liang |
Member and Deputy Secretary-General |
Zhejiang University |
Deputy Dean / Professor of School of Software |
13 |
Jiang Guangzhi |
Committee member |
Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology |
Deputy Inspector |
14 |
Zhang Ying |
Committee member |
Shanghai Economic and Information Commission |
deputy director |
15 |
Wu Junqing |
Committee member |
Zhejiang Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology |
Deputy Director |
16 |
Yang Pengfei |
Committee member |
Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology |
Deputy Director |
17 |
Chi Yu |
Committee member |
Jiangsu Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology |
Deputy Director |
18 |
Gao Kun |
Committee member |
Jiangxi Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology |
Director |
19 |
Hu Jianping |
Committee member |
National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China |
Deputy Director of Statistical Information Center |
20 |
She Guiqing |
Committee member |
Beijing Internet Court |
associate dean |
twenty one |
He Xiaolong |
Committee member |
National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center |
Deputy Director of the Center |
twenty two |
Wang Yunhui |
Committee member |
The Fifth Institute of Electronics, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology |
vice director |
twenty three |
Yu Xiuming |
Committee member |
China Electronics Standardization Institute |
deputy director |
twenty four |
Wei Kai |
Committee member |
China Information and Communication Research Institute |
vice director |
25 |
Liu Quan |
Committee member |
China Electronic Information Industry Development Institute |
Senior engineer |
26 |
Yang Chen |
Committee member |
China Information Security Research Institute Co., Ltd. |
Director of general department |
27 |
Chen Qiwei |
Committee member |
People's court |
Chief Engineer of Information Technology Service Center |
28 |
Qin Rongsheng |
Committee member |
Beijing National Accounting Institute |
Dean |
29 |
Chen Kang |
Committee member |
Tsinghua University |
Associate Professor |
30 |
Chen Zhong |
Committee member |
Beijing the University of |
professor |
31 |
Zhu Jianming |
Committee member |
Central University of Finance and Economics |
Dean / Professor of School of Information |
32 |
Zhu Liehuang |
Committee member |
Beijing Institute of Technology |
associate dean |
33 |
Qi Feng |
Committee member |
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications |
professor |
34 |
Kan Haibin |
Committee member |
Fudan University |
Professor of School of Computer Science and Technology |
35 |
Zhang Xiaodan |
Committee member |
Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Associate Researcher |
36 |
Ge Yangyang |
Committee member |
Department of Vascular Surgery, PLA General Hospital |
Postdoctor |
37 |
Wang Li |
Committee member |
Shenzhen Research Institute of Beihang University |
associate dean |
38 |
Sun Yi |
Committee member |
Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
researcher |
39 |
Xu Wei |
Committee member |
Tsinghua University |
Associate Professor |
40 |
Li Xiaoqiang |
Committee member |
China Internet Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. |
General manager |
41 |
Zhou Yu |
Committee member |
People's Bank of China Financial Technology Research Center |
Chief Expert of Blockchain |
42 |
Zhang Yifeng |
Committee member |
China Banknote Credit Card Industry Development Co., Ltd. Hangzhou Blockchain Technology Research Institute |
Dean |
43 |
Li Ming |
Committee member |
Beijing Saixi Technology Development Co., Ltd. |
Senior engineer |
44 |
Zhang Xiaojun |
Committee member |
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd |
Blockchain project director |
45 |
Du Yu |
Committee member |
Shanghai Wanxiang Blockchain Co., Ltd. |
Deputy General Manager |
46 |
Li Bin |
Committee member |
Shenzhen Qianhai Wezhong Bank Co., Ltd. |
Chief Researcher of FinTech |
47 |
Li Xuefeng |
Committee member |
Zhongan Information Technology Service Co., Ltd. |
CTO |
48 |
Hao Han |
Committee member |
Xiamen Anne Co., Ltd. |
CTO |
49 |
Liu Tiancheng |
Committee member |