PANews January 4 news, according to the Shanghai People's Congress official account, the (Several Regulations on Promoting the Application of Blockchain Empowered Electronic Documents in Pudong New Area) has been approved by the 18th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 16th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress on December 31, 2024, and will come into effect on January 1, 2025. The regulations indicate that Shanghai supports the construction of a data storage platform based on blockchain infrastructure and guides the data storage platform to provide services such as storage, inquiry, and verification for electronic document applications. It supports the data storage platform to provide services for people's courts and other judicial organs, relevant departments, and institutions such as notarization, arbitration, mediation, and finance, facilitating dispute resolution and financial services. It supports the digital RMB system to access blockchain infrastructure and promotes the use of digital RMB in application scenarios such as electronic document storage, pricing, payment, settlement, and investment financing. Enterprises, research institutions, universities, and standardized technical organizations in Pudong New Area can work together or collaborate with other enterprises and organizations to jointly formulate unified standards for enterprises in the application of blockchain empowered electronic documents.