In the Chinese media appeared information that the company Ant Financial, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, in September plans to launch a platform of “blockchain as a service” and the first functioning on the basis of its application for tracking the production cycle of rice cultivation to prevent the supply of his fakes.
The system will be implemented in Heilongjiang province, where in recent years the packaging of high quality rice began to detect impurities. From September 30 on all packages of rice varieties in Wuchang shopping platform Tmall will stand the QR code that you scan to application, Alipay for more detailed information on the origin, packaging and transportation of product. The project also will involve local supervision Bureau for quality and technology, the logistics service provider Cainiao and producers of rice.
Recall that in the spring the Alibaba Australia announced the launch of a pilot project of the Food Trust Framework for tracking the supply chain of products from Australia and New Zealand to China through Tmall Global platform using blockchain technology and QR codes. The first participants of the initiative began specializing in the trade of medicinal supplements company Blackmores and dairy products supplier Fonterra.
Another Chinese giant e-Commerce JD.com recently launched platform of “blockchain as a service” JD Blockchain Open Platform, and its first partner using the decision was the insurance company China Pacific Insurance Company (CPIC) for which the application was built for tracking using a distributed network of corporate accounts (Fapiao) at all stages of the production cycle.
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