Notice of the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments on rectifying virtual currency “mining” activities

Development and Reform Operation (2021) No. 1283

The people’s governments of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

In order to effectively prevent and dispose of the hidden risks caused by the blind and disorderly development of virtual currency “mining” activities, in-depth promotion of energy conservation and emission reduction, and help achieve the carbon peak and carbon neutral goals as scheduled, now it is related to the rectification of virtual currency “mining” activities The notice is as follows:

Ⅰ. Fully understand the importance of rectifying virtual currency “mining” activities

Virtual currency “mining” activity refers to the process of calculating and producing virtual currency through dedicated “mining machines”. It consumes a lot of energy and carbon emissions, has a low contribution to the national economy, and has limited driving effects on industrial development and technological progress. In addition, virtual currency The risks derived from production and trading are becoming more prominent, and their blind and disorderly development will have an adverse impact on the promotion of high-quality economic and social development and energy conservation and emission reduction. Remediation of virtual currency “mining” activities is of great significance to promote the optimization of my country’s industrial structure, promote energy conservation and emission reduction, and achieve the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality on schedule. All regions, departments, and relevant enterprises must attach great importance to them, fully understand the necessity and importance of rectifying virtual currency “mining” activities, and earnestly regard the rectification of virtual currency “mining” activities as an important part of promoting high-quality economic and social development. Tasks, to further enhance the sense of responsibility and urgency, grasp the key links, take effective measures to comprehensively rectify the virtual currency “mining” activities, and ensure that actual results are achieved.

Ⅱ. General requirements

(1) Guiding ideology.

Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Plenary Sessions of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, thoroughly implement Xi Jinping’s thoughts on ecological civilization, and unswervingly implement the new development concept , In accordance with the overall idea of ​​"strict monitoring, strict prevention of risks, prohibition of increments, and proper disposal of stocks", give full play to the joint efforts of all regions and departments to strengthen the supervision of the entire industry chain of the upstream and downstream of virtual currency “mining” activities, and it is strictly forbidden to add virtual currencies “Mining” projects, accelerate the orderly exit of stock projects, promote the optimization of the industrial structure and help the carbon peak and carbon neutral goals to be achieved on schedule.

(2) Basic principles.

Insist on grading responsibility. Establish a working mechanism of central coordination, provincial responsibility, and city and county implementation. The central government coordinates the overall promotion of the national virtual currency “mining” activities; the provincial government is responsible for the regional rectification work, and compacts the implementation responsibilities of the city and county governments, and clarifies the specific implementation plan in accordance with the unified arrangements of the central government; the city and county governments follow The central deployment and provincial government implementation plan requirements, detailed implementation measures, and ensure that they are in place.

Insist on classification processing. Distinguish the virtual currency “mining” incremental and stock projects. It is strictly forbidden to invest in the construction of incremental projects, and it is forbidden to develop virtual currency “mining” projects in any name; accelerate the orderly exit of existing projects, and under the premise of ensuring a smooth transition, scientifically determine the exit timetable and implementation path based on the actual conditions of each region.

Adhere to laws and regulations. Use rule of law thinking and methods to comprehensively promote the rectification of virtual currency “mining” activities, strictly implement relevant laws, regulations and rules, and strictly investigate and punish illegal virtual currency “mining” activities in various regions.

Persist in being active and prudent. In the process of rectifying virtual currency “mining” activities, it is necessary to actively and steadily advance, not only to achieve accelerated withdrawal, but also to properly resolve conflicts and disputes to ensure social stability.

Ⅲ. Comprehensively sort out and investigate virtual currency “mining” projects

(3) Sort out and check inventory items. Comprehensively sort out the local virtual currency “mining” projects that have been put into operation, establish a project list, and sort out the basic data of the company, scale, computing power, power consumption and other basic data of the virtual currency “mining” projects in operation one by one, in real time every week Dynamic updates. Conduct a comprehensive investigation on whether there are virtual currency “mining” activities in big data industrial parks and high-tech parks, accurately distinguish data centers and virtual currency “mines”, and ensure that there are no blanks in the investigation of local virtual currency “mining”.

(4) Sort out new projects under construction. Intensify investigations in all aspects of the preliminary work of virtual currency “mining” projects, establish a list of virtual currency “mining” projects under construction or to be constructed, and sort out the enterprises, scale, computing power, power consumption, and plans one by one Basic information such as production time. Intensify screening efforts in energy-saving review, application for installation by telegram, etc., to ensure that the sorted out data is true and comprehensive.

(5) Strengthen the monitoring and analysis of abnormal electricity consumption. Further carry out analysis of grid-connected power generation data and abnormal power consumption data, use technical means to monitor and control, and strengthen on-site inspections of large power users in data centers. Increase the monitoring of load reduction data of grid-connected power plants except for system reasons such as water supply and dispatch, and prevent public grid-connected power plants from pulling special lines to directly supply virtual currency “mining” enterprises. Report to the relevant supervisory authority in time for illegal power supply activities discovered.