The Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN) is a backend architecture in China for developing and managing

blockchain The blockchain is a distributed ledger with growing lists of Record (computer science), records (''blocks'') that are securely linked together via Cryptographic hash function, cryptographic hashes. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of th ...

-based applications, and is split into Chinese and International uses. BSN China, designed as the backbone of China's blockchain strategy, was established in 2018 and launched in 2020 by the

State Information Center The State Information Center is a policy think tank within the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China (PRC), established in 1987. The State Information Center sponsors the China Economic Information Network, ...

under the National Development and Reform Commission of China,

China Mobile China Mobile is the trade name of both China Mobile Limited and its ultimate controlling shareholder, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., a Chinese State-owned enterprises of China, state-owned telecommunicationsStrait deals ''The Econ ...

China UnionPay UnionPay (), also known as China UnionPay () or by its abbreviation, CUP or UPI internationally, is a Chinese state-owned financial services corporation headquartered in Shanghai, China. It provides bank card services and a major card sch ...

(state-owned payment and settlement provider), and a technology architect. BSN International operates under the Singapore-based BSN Foundation. The BSN integrates both private and public blockchain frameworks and

cloud service provider Cloud computing is "a paradigm for enabling network access to a scalable and elastic pool of shareable physical or virtual resources with self-service provisioning and administration on-demand," according to ISO. Essential characteristics ...

s to build the underlying development and production environment, where enterprises, governmental bodies, and financial institutions can build Blockchain-as-a-Service Systems and blockchain applications while being compliant with China's regulations of non-cryptocurrencies. BSN International draws on Amazon Web Services data centers in Hong Kong, California, and Paris, while BSN China utilizes Chinese domestic cloud infrastructure provided by China Mobile, China Telecom, and Baidu AI Cloud. China's state-level decentralized identifier system,

China RealDID China Real-Name Decentralized Identifier System (China RealDID, zh, 实名DID) is China's national-level decentralized identifier system. China RealDID was officially launched on December 12, 2023, by the First Research Institute of China's Mini ...

, is deployed on BSN China. As a digital infrastructure along the

Belt and Road Initiative The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI or B&R), known in China as the One Belt One Road and sometimes referred to as the New Silk Road, is a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by the government of China in 2013 to invest in more t ...

, the BSN works on

interoperability Interoperability is a characteristic of a product or system to work with other products or systems. While the term was initially defined for information technology or systems engineering services to allow for information exchange, a broader de ...

across blockchain systems and develops a public

IT system Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data and information processing, and storage. Information technolo ...

/multi-party system concept that uses blockchain as an operating system, including permissioned and permissionless blockchain infrastructures，such as

Ethereum Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain with smart contract functionality. Ether (abbreviation: ETH) is the native cryptocurrency of the platform. Among cryptocurrencies, ether is second only to bitcoin in market capitalization. It is open-s ...

, Hyperledger and EOS. In Sep 2022, BSN Spartan Network was launched in Hong Kong, targeting users outside of mainland China. On November 8, 2023, BSN was listed in a

US House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of th ...

proposed bill aimed at preventing US federal agencies from utilizing China-developed blockchain networks or engaging with related companies due to national security concerns.

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{{reflist Blockchains Belt and Road Initiative Distributed computing projects

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