It's quite a paradox that communists which are supposed to be more outdated and more conservative(against new technologies) are investing more and more into blockchain tech while I don't hear much hype from the USA or great Europe countries like Germany or France.
Communism in China is adapting, it is the only way for China to compete with Western
democracy. The government has nothing against technology if it is the one who controls it, and blockchain is obviously something that is recognized as a technology that will be of great use to such a large country.
The problem for the USA or EU is in what we call democracy, decisions are difficult to make, and there are too many conflicting interests which are slowing progress in some areas. In China there are no such problems, the Communist Party makes its decisions unanimously, and people just have to accept it.
Some may say that the EU is not doing anything when it comes to blockchain, but that is far from the truth. Maybe China just reacted to the move of EU.
The European Blockchain Partnership, created in April 2018, joins at a political level all EU Member States and members of the European Economic Area (Norway and Liechtenstein). The signatories of this declaration will work together towards realising the potential of blockchain-based services for the benefit of citizens, society and economy. As part of this commitment, the Partnership is building a European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI) which will deliver EU-wide cross-border public services using blockchain technology. In 2020, EBSI will deploy a network of distributed blockchain nodes across Europe, supporting applications focused on selected use cases.