China’s ZhongAn Technology was launched as a ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance Co subsidiary in 2016, and in June 2017 announced a new blockchain-based system that tracks individual chicken from farm-to-consumer, using devices from IoT firm Wopu. ZhongAn has partnered with the government of Guiyang, in Guizhou Province, to open a blockchain innovation center that will facilitate agricultural sector applications of blockchain technology.