平安集团旗下的一家子公司启动了区块链平台，通过区块链链接中国大湾区港口

近日，平安集团旗下的一家子公司启动了区块链平台，以促进蛇口和顺德港口之间的贸易。该项目是OneConnect和招商局港口集团的合作项目，旨在通过提高区域内所有37个港口的贸易效率来保持中国大湾区港口的竞争力。

“一带一路”的名称很长:粤港澳大湾区港口物流与贸易便利化区块链平台项目。这项合作是在8个月前宣布的。

该项目已完成一个试点项目，在中国两个港口之间进出口了200个标准箱的实物。区块链平台将物流流程的时间从平均6天缩短到仅2天。此外，据估计，整个供应链的成本下降了30%。

通过连接大湾区港口的区块链平台，区域内的贸易各方将通过共享的区块链网络与海关官员有效共享关键信息，并通过区块链上登记的跨境数据验证贸易交易。

该项目有四个重点领域:智能港口、智能监管、智能贸易和智能金融。招商局集团(China Merchants Group)在深圳西部的港口将成为一个智能港口，允许通过区块链进行数据共享。通过区块链和物联网技术，智能监管成为可能，并使两个单独的报关流程合并为一个。聪明的贸易流程包括清关和提高效率。在智能金融的情况下，如果提单是可信的，它可以吸引一个更好的融资利率。

与此同时，OneConnect最近在纽约证券交易所上市，并运营着香港的eTradeConnect。区块链平台专注于贸易融资，其网络包括汇丰银行和法国巴黎银行等全球银行。最近，该公司参与了渣打银行(Standard Chartered Bank)在香港和中国内地之间成功完成的跨区块链试点交易。eTradeConnect还与欧洲贸易融资平台we有合作关系。贸易和中国央行贸易融资区块链。

Ping An Group associate OneConnect recently launched a blockchain platform to facilitate trade between Shekou and Shunde’s ports in China. The project is a collaboration between OneConnect and China Merchants Port Group to maintain the competitiveness of China’s Greater Bay Area Ports by improving trade efficiency across all thirty seven ports in the region.

The initiative’s name is a rather long one: the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Port Logistics and Trade Facilitation Blockchain Platform Project. The collaboration was announced just eight months ago. 

A pilot of the project was completed, where a total of 200 TEUs of real goods were imported and exported between the two Chinese ports. The blockchain platform reduced the time for logistical processes from an average of six days to just two days. Furthermore, it’s estimated that costs across the supply chain fell by 30%. 

With the blockchain platform linking ports across the Greater Bay Area, trade parties in the region will efficiently share key information with custom officials through a shared blockchain network and validate trade transactions through cross-border data registered on the blockchain. 

The project has four focus areas: smart ports, smart regulation, smart trade and smart finance. China Merchants Group’s port in Western Shenzhen will act as a smart port that allows data sharing through blockchain. Smart regulation is made possible through blockchain and IoT technology and enables two separate customs declaration processes to be combined into one. Smart trade processes include customs clearance and efficiency gains. And in the case of smart finance, if a bill of lading can be trusted it may attract a better rate for financing.

Meanwhile, OneConnect was recently listed on the NYSE and operates Hong Kong’s eTradeConnect. The blockchain platform focuses on trade finance and its network includes global banks such as HSBC and BNP Paribas. It has recently been involved with the successful completion of a cross-blockchain pilot transaction between Hong Kong and Mainland China carried out by Standard Chartered Bank. eTradeConnect also has a partnership with European trade finance platform we.trade and China’s central bank trade finance blockchain.