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China: Shenzhen Special Economic Zone to Use Blockchain for Electronic Tax Invoices
Shenzhen, a major city in the Guangdong Province and the first economic special zone in China, will use blockchain technology for electronic tax invoices. This development was reported by the China Economic Net, а domestic news website focusing on economics, on Dec. 12.
The Shenzhen Municipal Taxation Bureau and Chinese tech giant Tencent have “successfully connected the blockchain invoice system with the WeChat payment platform.” The article reports that WeChat, the 1 billion user social media platform operated by Tencent, has opened its payment platform for the blockchain invoice function.
According to the director of the Information Center of Shenzhen Taxation Bureau, a blockchain electronic invoice is different from a traditional electronic invoice, as it has “the advantages of ‘distributed’ storage, traceability and non-tamperability.”
The article highlights that WeChat payment blockchain
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