The Supreme People’s Court issued the ” Opinions of the Supreme People’s Court on Applications of Blockchain in Judicial System (hereinafter referred to as the Opinions) to further promote the use of key technologies represented by blockchain to accelerate the digital transformation of the people’s courts.
The Opinions clarify the general requirements for people’s courts to promote judicial application of blockchain and the requirements for the construction of blockchain platforms for people’s courts. It also proposes four typical scenarios for the application of blockchain technology: enhance judicial credibility, improve judicial efficiency, enhance judicial coordination, and serve economic and social governance.
The Opinions have the following distinctive features:
1. propose the establishment of an interoperable and shared judicial blockchain alliance;
2. clarify the requirements for the construction of the people’s court blockchain platform;
3. propose the use of blockchain data tamper-proof technology to improve judicial credibility;
4. propose the application of blockchain to optimize business processes and improve judicial efficiency;
5. fully tap the potential of blockchain interoperability and strengthen judicial coordination; and
6. use the value attribute of mutual recognition and mutual trust of the blockchain alliance to serve economic and social governance.
