Metaverse Step From China’s Most Populous City Shanghai

It would not be wrong to say that the concept of metaverse is the most popular topic of recent times. The metaverse, where many tech giants have invested billions of dollars, ‘the future of the internet‘ and attracts worldwide attention. Turkey is also among the countries participating in the metaverse frenzy. The other day, we shared with you that more than 20 thousand metaverse plots were sold in Turkey and the virtual land prices in our country.

As you can imagine, the world’s largest countries are also investing in the metaverse. China is one of these countries. In the past days, we mentioned that more than 1,300 companies in China have applied for trademark registration and invested billions of dollars for the metaverse. Now, a new metaverse step has come from Shanghai, the country’s largest city in terms of population.

Metaverse included in the city’s development plan

According to the news shared by CNBC, Shanghai has planned for the next five years. to the development plan decided to include the metaverse. Shanghai Municipal Economy and Information Technologies Commission, which wants to increase its investments in virtual spaces, said in its statements; He underlined the necessity of integrating the metaverse into issues such as public services, offices, entertainment, production safety, industrial production and increasing incentives. In addition, the commission did not share a timeline regarding the plans, while stating that research into many new technologies such as blockchain will increase.

State-affiliated media organizations, on the other hand, drew attention to digital crimes such as fraud that may occur through the metaverse. Winston Ma from New York University also made statements to CNBC about this situation. Ma is against the metaverse, citing the Chinese government’s bans on tech giants, games and cryptocurrencies over the past year. restraint He stressed that there is a possibility.