China Baowu's first single-chain ABS "Tongbao No. 1" was successfully established and will be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Source of this article: You Ai Baowu (Official Weibo of China Baowu Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd.)

On December 27, 2019, China Baowu's first single-block chain ABS with Huabao Securities as its manager-"Huabao Securities-Ouye Blockchain Tongbao No. 1 Asset Support Special Plan" was successfully established. This is the first time that China Baowu and its metallurgical platform company Ou Metallurgical Services applied blockchain technology to digitize, standardize, and securitize high-quality assets in the industrial chain through the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Issuance Elements of Blockchain Tongbao No. 1 ABS

The special plan has obtained the letter of no objection from the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and the asset-backed securities (secret abbreviation: Tongbao No. 1) issued will be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange for transfer in the near future. Different from the previous supply chain ABS, which was dominated by core companies, with the feature of “putting the power to the front” on the Tongbao platform, no additional operations are required during the securitization process. This special plan was initiated and led by the original equity owners. The financing clients involved in the underlying assets are SMEs with real financing needs, and they practice the concept of inclusive finance.

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At the same time, compared with other ABS, the arrangement of this special plan in bankruptcy and isolation is a step forward. In terms of the transfer of basic assets, the Tongbao assets transferred by the original equity owner to the special plan are directly transferred to the business account opened by the special plan on the Tongbao platform, held by the manager on behalf of the special plan, and the assets are separated from the original equity owner. In terms of the management of basic assets, a third-party asset service organization, namely, the blockchain technology service organization, Ou Metallurgical Service, is innovatively introduced. As the only asset service organization, it provides asset management services for special plans. With regard to the repayment of basic assets, Tongbao's claims are redeemed through Dongfang Paytong, and the repayment is directly transferred to the special plan account, without the need to go through the account of the original equity owner, to achieve capital isolation from the original equity owner.

What is "Tongbao"?

 

The basic asset of this special plan is "Tongbao" creditor's right. "Tongbao" is an electronic voucher based on its trade payables and opened online by its core suppliers to its receivables claims. Its birth and large-scale application reflect the process of credit creating value. Tongbao holders can transfer Tongbao, online financing or hold to maturity receipts. Utilizing the characteristics of Tongbao's easy circulation and convenient financing, it has achieved the extension of high-quality credit of core enterprises to the end, solving problems such as difficulties in loan financing faced by SMEs, difficulties in bank risk control, and department supervision.

Blockchain project approval in July 2018

Under the coordination and guidance of the Shanghai Economic and Information Commission and the Shanghai Headquarters of the People's Bank of China, China Baowu officially cooperated with the Digital Currency Research Institute of the Central Bank, Tongji University and other units to jointly establish the “Shanghai Commercial Blockchain Supply Chain Financial Application Demonstration Project”. Project establishment. The project is undertaking research and development, construction and business operation tasks by European metallurgical service, a fintech platform company owned by China Baowu. The Chinese Baowu ecosystem is used as the business scenario, and the domestic independent research and development blockchain is used as the technical bottom layer to provide convenience for many SMEs. Efficient and low-cost supply chain financial services.

Tongbao launched in October 2018

Eurometallurgical officially launched Tongbao, an electronic voucher based on receivables and creditor's rights, based on core credits of high-quality corporate enterprises, and established an ecosystem service platform with real business, transparent information, and controllable risks. Institutions to jointly serve the financial needs of SMEs.

Recorded and approved on October 18, 2019

EU Metallurgical Services Tongbao products have been approved by the National Internet Information Office.

As of the end of November 2019, more than 1,100 small and medium-sized enterprises have enjoyed inclusive financial services, and the total scale of Tongbao's transactions has exceeded 20 billion yuan. The minimum financing cost can reach 4.35%, and the smallest single financing is only 3800 yuan.

At present, China Baowu's units and upstream and downstream strategic customers already have nearly a hundred high-quality enterprises, which have become core companies on the chain to conduct business. Among them, the flagship subsidiary Baosteel Co., Ltd. has realized the normalization of the application of blockchain Tongbao external payments.

How does Tongbao platform show the advantages of blockchain technology?

 

As mentioned in the headline report of Jiefang Daily on December 8, 2019, “Tongbao born in Shanghai is not a digital currency, but a kind of currency that circulates in a specific physical industry and takes credit as the core. Digital vouchers. Tightly tied to the physical industry … After de-emerging and integrating into the entity, people find that blockchain technology really reduces risk, not increases risk … "Blockchain technology has distributed accounting and information The advantages of anti-tampering can effectively solve the problems of poor credit information flow and difficulties in cooperation between different corporate entities. It has an important role in restructuring the industrial chain credit system and reducing the financing cost of small and medium-sized enterprises.

With the Tongbao platform and digital certificates using blockchain technology, the credit points on the steel industry chain are linked into a chain and network, and a credit-based ecosystem is beginning to form. In this ecosystem, credit is like a bond, one end is connected to small business financing, and the other end is supervision and risk control. Leading companies in the steel industry can easily transfer their credit resources to SMEs in the industry chain. Relying on the endorsement of credit from the blockchain, the supervision and risk control of financial institutions can make the real trade background of the industry chain clearer, so that small enterprises can take advantage of large corporate credit ratings like Baosteel and enjoy low-cost financing.

In addition, when credit is on the chain, financing is easy, and the risk is greatly reduced. Over the past year, the Tongbao platform has integrated information on the chain through multiple dimensions, enabling financial institutions to better understand the real business transactions and operating conditions of SMEs, thereby preventing financial risks. The person in charge of Ou Metallurgical Service introduced: "In the past, it has been difficult to supervise the whereabouts of funds, and now through the application of blockchain technology, there are more effective means."

How does the Tongbao platform solve the problems of SMEs?

 

In the traditional supply chain financing service model, financial institutions always look at the many small and medium-sized enterprises in the steel industry chain, and they are always separated by a layer of yarn. In the steel industry, core companies like China's Baowu always know the industry better than financial institutions. Through the Tongbao platform built by China Baowu, it is easier for financial institutions to find service entities that they want to connect with upstream and downstream along the steel industry chain.

The 01 platform helps solve the problems of poor credit qualifications and high financing costs for SMEs.

On March 25, 2019, a supplier at a certain level (an engineering enterprise in Shanghai) received the 3800 yuan Tongbao opened by a core enterprise (a steel enterprise in Shanghai) and initiated financing to financial institutions directly. On the same day, the loan was completed and became The smallest single financing since Tongbao's business development. In the past, it was difficult to imagine that this engineering company could do financing business in financial institutions. Now relying on the Tongbao platform, the credit of the core company was extended and transferred to this supplier company, helping it solve the financing difficulties to a certain extent. The problem of expensive financing and slow financing.

The 02 platform helps to improve the risk control and efficiency bottlenecks of financial institutions serving SMEs.

On August 29, 2019, a core enterprise (a steel entity in Shanghai) opened Tongbao with a total amount of 5.97 million yuan to its first-tier supplier (a trade service enterprise in Qingdao). As of September 30, this The Tongbao opened by the pen office had a total of 10 circulations and split circulations, and 5 financing operations. Among them, the circulation area from Shanghai to Shandong, Xinjiang, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Hunan, Henan and other provinces and municipalities has realized the multi-level circulation of accounts receivables and claims, and the supply chain of core enterprises has been made explicit and visualized.

The 03 platform helps government departments and financial regulators to optimize supervision methods and improve supervision efficiency.

There are many practical obstacles in the traditional way for commercial banks to provide financing to SMEs, including difficulties in obtaining real trade background information, low efficiency and high cost to serve a large number of SMEs. Through integration of multi-dimensional information on the chain, Euro Metallurgical Services enables financial institutions to better grasp the real business transactions and operating conditions of SMEs, and realizes a "full online, one-to-many" new service model, which significantly improves the financial institutions' service to SMEs The willingness and efficiency of financial institutions will help financial institutions to prevent and resolve corporate credit risks and financing business risks.

China Baowu's Exploration in the "Blockchain +" Field

 

China Baowu is one of the central enterprises that was involved in the research and practice of blockchain earlier. Since 2017, China Baowu has begun to explore the application of blockchain technology to commodity trading and supply chain financial services, and has continued research and application in its industrial internet platform company Ouye Cloud. In the process of piloting the development of blockchain platform services, China Baowu worked with regulators to study the use of financial technology to establish a more effective regulatory approach.

By building an industrial blockchain platform, China Baowu will connect the dots to form a chain and link up to form a network, until a high-quality ecological circle that combines production and finance and enterprise symbiosis is formed. Taking the blockchain Tongbao as a carrier, Baosteel and other large high-quality enterprises under China Baowu successfully passed and shared their credit resources to small, medium and private enterprises. SMEs enjoyed low-cost financing relying on China Baowu's high-grade credit. In the process of building a co-constructed, shared, and trusted third-party platform, it once again played a leading role, reflecting the responsibility of central enterprises. In the near future, it also plans to use the Shanghai Free Trade Zone's open policy, carry out international cooperation, promote the facilitation of cross-border trade in commodities with blockchain technology, and explore cross-border applications of blockchain technology.

At present, Ouye Yunshang has begun to target Shanghai's advanced manufacturing industry chain such as automobiles and equipment manufacturing to expand the application scenarios of blockchain technology. In such a scenario, core manufacturing companies can use the advantages of blockchain technology to better realize industrial synergy, export credit resources, make financial resources more accurately allocated, and target policies more targeted.

As a fintech service platform company of China Baowu, Euro Metallurgical Services has been supervised and guided by the People's Bank of China's Shanghai Headquarters on policy compliance and technical rationality of the central bank during the platform construction and business operation process. Through continuous comparison of practice, summary of experience, and continuous optimization between the traditional model and the new model, substantial progress has been made in smart contract applications and other aspects.

At present, the industrial development of the blockchain is booming, and the relevant technological innovations and industrial practices of China Baowu have also entered a critical stage of comprehensive development from partial experiments. The technical characteristics of the blockchain's distributed ledger and consensus mechanism determine that the construction of an industrial blockchain platform requires multiple parties to participate. China Baowu always adheres to the open concept of co-construction, sharing and co-governance, and is committed to continuously accelerating in-depth cooperation with leading enterprises, financial institutions and universities in various industries, relying on the advantages of Shanghai's high-end industries and financial resources to jointly create "financial services The development paradigm of high-quality industrial blockchain driven by entities, leading small and medium-sized enterprises, and Shanghai radiating the whole country.

The successful establishment of this special plan is based on the achievements of China Baowu's "blockchain + supply chain finance" platform construction over the past three years, and the scale of issuance will further expand in the future.

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