Beijing Promotes the Application of Electronic Seals Beijing Promotes the Application of Electronic Seals December 17, 2020 Posted by China Briefing Written by Dorcas Wong Reading Time: 4 minutes On December 3, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, along with two other authorities, jointly issued the The trial will see Beijing encourage the use of electronic seals for the signing of online certificates, approvals, contracts, and other electronic materials. In China, seals (otherwise referred to as a chop or a stamp) are a form of legal representation and tangible authorization of a company’s business activity that replaces the signature commonly used in Western countries.