China has set 2030 as the target for largely completing a national blockchain network, placing the technology within a broader five-year programme for digital development and industrial use.
According to Cointelegraph, the target appears in China’s 15th Five-Year Plan for National Informatization, published Friday by the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission. The commission is a senior Communist Party body responsible for coordinating digital development policy.
The plan identifies several areas where blockchain adoption is expected to expand. It calls for deeper use in trade and finance in the Yangtze River Delta, while the technology is to be deployed at scale in manufacturing and agriculture in the Chengdu–Chongqing region in southwestern China.
The document also places emphasis on the infrastructure and rules needed to support that expansion. It calls for stronger technical standards for blockchain and wider use of the technology in data circulation and trading.
A target included in wider national planning
The 2030 completion objective formalises a project that had already appeared in China’s national development planning. A national development plan released in March included the blockchain network project, while a joint policy issued on October 9 by the Communist Party’s central leadership and the State Council called for its construction.
The latest five-year plan therefore sets out a specific timetable alongside regional and sectoral priorities. Its references to trade, finance, manufacturing and agriculture show that the proposed network is being linked to practical economic and administrative applications rather than presented solely as a technology project.
Blockchain is a method of recording and sharing transactions or other data across a distributed digital ledger. Technical standards can help determine how different systems operate and exchange information, while data circulation and trading refer to the use and transfer of data in economic activity.
Blockchain promotion alongside crypto restrictions
China’s policy distinguishes between blockchain technology and cryptocurrency-related business. Mainland China bans cryptocurrency-related business activities, but the government continues to promote blockchain as a national technological priority.
That approach has been visible since October 2019, when President Xi Jinping called for increased investment in blockchain and described it as an important area for strengthening China’s own technological capabilities.
The new plan does not announce a change to the restrictions on cryptocurrency-related business. Instead, it focuses on building blockchain infrastructure, expanding use across selected industries and regions, and developing technical standards.
Market picture
Moneyiar market data recorded the following prices and performance at around 8:08–8:09 a.m. on October 24, 2026, with prices shown in U.S. dollars:
- TRON (TRX): $0.3294808079; unchanged over 24 hours and down 1.77% over seven days.
- Lido DAO (LDO): $0.3731752015; down 3.87% over 24 hours and 6.32% over seven days.
- Velo (VELO): $0.0037863685; down 4.03% over 24 hours and 9.69% over seven days.
- Ronin (RON): $0.0544967172; down 3.9% over 24 hours and 12.09% over seven days.
These figures are Moneyiar data at the stated time and describe market performance; they do not indicate that the assets are connected to China’s national blockchain programme.
