

The capital city of China’s southeastern province of Fujian joins Beijing, Shanghai, and Nanjing in announcing efforts to bolster local metaverse industries.
The private sector in China is also ramping up metaverse developments with tech giants partaking in a trademarks race to secure businesses related to the metaverse.
Chinese regulators have started restricting certain activities in the immersive world, most notably by banning cryptocurrencies, which act as a medium of exchange in blockchain-based metaverses, and vowing to crack down on illegal fundraising schemes disguised as metaverse projects.