On April 20, 2022, the online training session before the first regional rematch of the "Spark Cup" Blockchain Application Competition hosted by the Zhongguancun Blockchain Industry Alliance (hereinafter referred to as "ABI") and Cointelegraph Chinese was successfully held. Jin Jian, secretary-general of Zhongguancun Blockchain Industry Alliance and director of the Institute of Industrial Internet and Internet of Things of China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. More than 200 contestants from the six major regions of the country, namely eastern, western, northern, southern, central, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, were invited to participate in this training session. The official cooperation platform CoinTelegraph Chinese and the ABI official video account broadcast the meeting live simultaneously, and the number of online viewers reached more than 12,000.
Secretary General of Zhongguancun Blockchain Industry Alliance
Jin Jian, director of the Institute of Industrial Internet and Internet of Things, CAICT
At the meeting, Jin Jian, Secretary-General of ABI, on behalf of the Zhongguancun Blockchain Industry Alliance, extended a warm welcome to all the experts and project teams participating in this meeting, introduced the basic situation of the alliance and this competition, and sincerely wished all the contestants a great success in the competition. Bloom enthusiasm, surpass ourselves, and achieve good results.
Representative of Technical Standards Group of Zhongguancun Blockchain Industry Alliance
Zhu Siyu, Senior Engineer, Technology Research Department, Institute of Industrial Internet and Internet of Things, CAICT
Zhu Siyu, a representative of the ABI Technical Standards Group and a senior engineer of the Technology Research Department of the Industrial Internet and Internet of Things Research Institute of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, introduced in detail the competition and the rules of the regional semi-finals.
Representative of New Infrastructure Group of Zhongguancun Blockchain Industry Alliance
Yang Bizhu, Senior Engineer, Business Development Department, CAICT
Yang Bizhu, a representative of the ABI New Infrastructure Promotion Group and a senior engineer of the Business Development Department of the Industrial Internet and Internet of Things Research Institute of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, introduced the background, content and progress of the construction of the new national blockchain infrastructure "Spark Chain Network".
System Development Department, Institute of Industrial Internet and Internet of Things, CAICT
Zhang Bo, Senior Engineer of Blockchain
Zhang Bo, a senior blockchain engineer of the System Development Department of the Industrial Internet and Internet of Things Research Institute of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, gave a practical demonstration of the "Spark·Chain Network" technology docking.
The first "Spark Cup" blockchain application competition was jointly sponsored by Zhongguancun Blockchain Industry Alliance, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Unicom, Hyperledger, etc. High-quality blockchain innovation projects promote the application of blockchain technology and industrial collaborative innovation, and drive the high-quality development of the national digital economy. This year's competition takes "Blockchain +" as the core, takes "radiating the whole country and facing the world" as the guide, and covers multiple application scenarios. On April 1, 2022, the competition successfully completed the preliminary selection of the six competition areas of East, West, North, South, Central, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. A total of more than 200 enterprises, universities and teams from home and abroad signed up for the competition, and finally selected 77 teams were shortlisted for the semi-finals. This summer, the six competition regions will compete for the top five in each competition region. At that time, 30 teams will advance to the finals to compete for the "Spark Special Award", the top three and the winning prize.
Zhou Wenjiang, Deputy Secretary-General of Zhongguancun Blockchain Industry Alliance
The meeting was chaired by Zhou Wenjiang, deputy secretary-general of Zhongguancun Blockchain Industry Alliance.
The following is an introduction to the rematch rules of the "Spark Cup" Blockchain Application Contest announced in this training session:
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