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Beijing uses blockchain for 140 government services. Publishes book

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Yesterday Beijing’s municipal government published a “Blue Book” about blockchain applications in government services. It claims that so far, 140 different government services have been implemented with an average 40% resource reduction.

The book went on to outline 12 specific use cases that were implemented. We suspect that some of these use cases could reflect numerous services. For example, a licensing platform can be used for more than a dozen types of licensing such as drivers, identity, business, marriage, death, and so on. And most of them are pretty new.

The first use case is the Municipal Commerce Bureau Airport International Logistics Blockchain Platform. The project focuses on customs clearance, which generally requires multiple organizations and government departments to share data, which makes a good blockchain fit.

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