The Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission issued the "Shanghai Blockchain Key Technology Research Special Action Plan (2023-2025)."

ChainCatcher news, the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission issued a notice on the release of the "Shanghai Blockchain Key Technology Tackling Special Action Plan (2023-2025)." The document states that by 2025, innovations and breakthroughs will be accelerated in foundational theories such as blockchain system security and cryptographic algorithms, as well as in technical fields including blockchain-specific processors, smart contracts, cross-chain, new storage, privacy computing, and regulation. This aims to form a new generation of open permissioned blockchain technology system and standards that can support the development of Web3.0 innovative applications, ensuring they are manageable, controllable, and open-source, laying the foundation for building a trustworthy and secure technological base for the digital economy and cultivating a new generation of blockchain innovation ecosystem with global influence.

The document highlights three main focus areas: new system architecture, resource scheduling and control, and trust enhancement. Key tasks include breakthroughs in foundational hardware and software technology; innovations in system architecture technology; tackling resource scheduling technology; research on security control technology; and breakthroughs in trust enhancement technology. The document also mentions zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zk-EVM), distributed digital identity (DID), and others.