China’s Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission published its 15th Five-Year Plan for national informatisation on October 23, 2026, setting a goal of essentially completing the national blockchain infrastructure by 2030. The plan envisages applications in trade and finance in the Yangtze River Delta, as well as in industry and agriculture in the Chengdu-Chongqing area. It also prioritizes stronger technical standards and the use of blockchain for data circulation and exchange. Despite these objectives, China maintains its ban on cryptocurrencies, even as the number of Chinese wallets active in stablecoin-based peer-to-peer transactions reportedly increased 43-fold.
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