On May 25, the Supreme People's Court ("SPC") issued the Opinions on Strengthening Blockchain Application in the Judicial Field (the "Opinions").

The Opinions, including 32 articles in seven parts, clarify the overall requirements for blockchain application in the judicial field and requirements for building the blockchain platforms of the people's courts, chart courses for four typical application scenarios where blockchain technology facilitates the enhancement of judicial credibility and other three aspects, and specify guarantee measures of blockchain application. The Opinions contain the following highlights: first, proposing to build a judicial blockchain alliance featuring interconnectivity and sharing; second, clarifying requirements on building the blockchain platforms of the people's courts; third, proposing to utilize data tamper-proof technology of blockchain to enhance judicial credibility; fourth, proposing to optimize business processes with blockchain application to constantly improve judicial efficiency; fifth, proposing to leverage blockchain interconnectivity to enhance judicial collaboration; and sixth, proposing to exploit the mutual trustworthiness of the blockchain alliance to facilitate economic and social governance.

(Source: Supreme People's Court)