ChainCatcher news, according to the Shanghai Cyberspace Administration, a city-wide meeting on the management and coordination mechanism for blockchain development was held in Shanghai, focusing on the coordinated promotion of the blockchain industry, technology, and ecological planning layout. The first Shanghai Blockchain Expert Committee was established at the meeting. The term of office for committee members is 2 years.The first committee consists of 7 experts: Zheng Zhiming (Chairman of the Expert Committee, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), Dong Jin, Yao Qian, Lu Qi, Li Xie, Lei Ming, and Ma Xiaofeng. The Shanghai Municipal Cyberspace Administration and the Municipal Economic and Information Technology Commission introduced the preparation of the "Shanghai Blockchain Development Management Work Plan (2023-2025)" and the recent progress in promoting the blockchain industry.Zhao Jiaming, a member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, presented certificates to the experts and delivered a speech, emphasizing the need to rely closely on the coordination mechanism, adhere to technology first, enhance innovation capability, prioritize application to better empower various industries, focus on ecology to optimize the industrial development environment, and base security to improve the comprehensive governance system, balancing risk control and efficiency enhancement, so that blockchain technology can better empower high-quality economic and social development.[Source link]