China News Service, Hong Kong, January 18 (Reporter Dai Menglan) China Post launched the "Jiachen Year" special stamp digital collection in Hong Kong on the 18th.

This is the first time China Post has approved the release of a digital collection of special stamps with the same theme on the public chain.

On January 18, the "Jiachen Year" special stamp digital collection was officially released, and a launch ceremony was held at the Hong Kong Cyberport.

This is the first digital collection of special stamps with the same theme approved by China Post to be released on the public chain. It uses the "Jiachen Year" special stamp as the artwork and uses blockchain technology to publish it on the Polygon public chain, giving each special stamp a digital collection. The unique number is mainly sold to the outside world in the form of a set of "physical stamp products and special stamp digital collections".

The picture shows the "Jiachen Year" stamps and related crafts.

Photo by China News Service reporter Chen Yongnuo

  The reporter learned from the launch ceremony that the digital collection uses the "Jiachen Year" special stamp issued by China Post on January 5 as the artwork, uses blockchain technology to publish it on the Polygon public chain, and assigns each special stamp a number. The collection is uniquely numbered and is sold in the form of a set of "physical stamp products + special stamp digital collection".

From now on, philately enthusiasts can purchase the set on the "Jiachen Year" special stamp digital collection project website.

  Chen Dacan, Managing Director of China Post Hong Kong Co., Ltd., said that stamps are known as "national business cards" and are a unique cultural symbol of a country.

As the epitome of digital economy and cultural innovation, the special stamp digital collection has become a new carrier of traditional culture in the Web3.0 era and the digital world.

The digital collection released this time uses emerging technologies to showcase the charm of Chinese zodiac culture and will promote China's excellent traditional culture to the world.

  Lin Chen, Associate Vice-President of the University of Hong Kong and Director of the Financial Innovation and Development Research Center of the University of Hong Kong, who attended the event, believed that special stamps have a profound cultural heritage and a very mature investment and collection system, and are a very good target and model for Web3.0 physical assets. .

The Financial Innovation and Development Research Center of the University of Hong Kong will provide technical support for the "Jiachen Year" special stamp digital collection project, hoping to jointly promote the development of Web 3.0 in Hong Kong.

  Experts and scholars such as Wang Huming, the designer of the "Jiachen Year" special stamps, attended the launching ceremony.

The officiating guests and the person in charge of the organizer jointly unveiled the digital collection of special stamps for the "Jiachen Year".

Representatives of China Post Hong Kong Co., Ltd. read out the announcement of the digital collection of special stamps "Year Jia Chen" and presented special numbered digital collections of special stamps "Year Jia Chen" to the Hong Kong Artists Association, the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association and the Hong Kong Cyberport.

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