The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) publicly announced the recipients of its “2019 Bank Technology Development Awards” (2019年度银行科技发展奖获奖项目) on 30 September.
A total of 182 fintech projects from 2019 received awards from the Chinese central bank, with some of the leading projects including:
| No. | Company | Fintech project |
| 1 | NetsUnion Clearing Corporation | Non-bank payments organisation online payments and settlement platform |
| 2 | ICBC | Distributed technology system development project |
| 3 | China Construction Bank | Smart administration integrated services platform |
| 4 | Bank of China | “e Qiying” (e 企赢) global enterprise ecosystem development project |
| 5 | Shenzhen Qianhai WeBank | Application of Kunpeng chip to banking |
| 6 | China Everbright Bank | Smart cloud life ecosystem project |
| 7 | Agricultural Bank of China | Full stack development platform |
| 8 | ICBC and the Hebei Xiong’an New Dstrict Regulatory Commission | Digital Xiong’an Ecosystem Development Project |
| 9 | China Minsheng Bank | Payments system distributed framework development |
| 10 | China Development Bank | China Development Bank integrated applications platform |
| 11 | PBOC Digital Currency Research Institute | Design and implementation of statutory digital currency two-layer system |
