The Supreme Court of China’s official journal voices: Digital transactions, electronic currency, and virtual property are included in the core issues of the rule of law

The authoritative journal "Digital Rule of Law," supervised by the Supreme People's Court of China, has recently published its 6th issue of 2025 (the 18th issue overall). This issue focuses on digital transactions, electronic currency, virtual property, generative artificial intelligence, and data element governance. Several articles directly address the institutional foundational issues related to blockchain and crypto assets, sending a clear signal of the accelerated improvement of the rule of law for digital assets.

In the "Overseas Observation" section, the article systematically reviews the 2022 revision of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) in the United States, focusing on electronic contracting, electronic currency, virtual property based on distributed ledger technology, and the new type of property rights known as "controllable electronic records." It argues that the institutional design regarding the circulation, control, guarantee, and good faith acquisition of virtual currency has significant reference value for China's digital asset and blockchain legislation. Additionally, several articles in this issue discuss topics such as training data for generative artificial intelligence, data portability rights, public data, autonomous driving and intelligent connected vehicles, and digital copyright protection, emphasizing the need to balance technological innovation, market efficiency, and rights protection through institutional reconstruction in the context of rapid technological evolution.

Analysis indicates that "Digital Rule of Law," as an important theoretical window within the Supreme Court system, focusing on digital transactions, electronic currency, and virtual property, demonstrates that these topics have moved from the academic frontier into the core vision of judicial and institutional design, providing important policy and theoretical references for the future improvement of rules related to blockchain, digital assets, and Web3.