What CSC TECHNOLOGY does

CSC TECHNOLOGY (中城智慧科技有限公司, Zhongcheng Smart Technology Co., Ltd.) is a privately held Chinese information technology company headquartered in Shanghai with R&D operations in Wuxi. The company develops smart city infrastructure solutions built around its proprietary CCKS (Combined Credit Key System) encryption technology — an identifier-based security and authentication system derived from China's independent CPK intellectual property, with claimed 10^48 capacity supporting offline authentication and transactions without requiring a central server. CCKS has been incorporated into the international smart city standard ISO37156 ('Smart City Infrastructure Data Exchange and Sharing Guidelines') and is positioned as the underlying core in 10 pilot city deployments across 5 countries (China x5, US x1, Japan x1, Germany x1, UK x2).

CSC TECHNOLOGY operates three core product lines. Smart Payment (智慧支付) provides virtual cards, virtual POS terminals, and ECC smart cards together with a comprehensive service cloud platform and SDK development kits for card-issuing institutions managing issuance, recharge, acceptance, and settlement. Authentication & Traceability (鉴真溯源) delivers a 'one item, one code, one cipher' product verification and supply chain traceability system with offline authentication through the 'Li Ma Jian Zhen' consumer mobile app, supporting anti-counterfeit, gray-market detection, and product recall workflows. Self-Organizing Network (自组网) offers wireless security access management with automatic networking, routing, transmission, self-healing, and CCKS-based authentication for heterogeneous IoT networks. Supporting products include the Smart Card Comprehensive Service Cloud Platform for smart citizen card lifecycle management and 'Jian Dui' (简兑) personal and merchant settlement applications.

The company operates an enterprise field sales go-to-market targeting card-issuing institutions, government agencies, and enterprises on a B2G and B2B basis. Revenue is generated through subscription-style smart card cloud platform services, platform licensing for the authentication and traceability system, and SDK licensing royalties, with pricing not publicly disclosed and customized per engagement. Named customers include Beijing Tong (北京通) for virtual card smart payment, China Railway Group (中铁集团) for a smart community solution, and Hunan Salt Industry (湖南盐业) for product authentication and traceability. CSC TECHNOLOGY reports 251-500 employees, was founded in 2014, and has raised approximately $19.3M in disclosed funding from Bode Wealth, SoftBank, and Xiangxing Keji. Leadership is led by CEO Guilin Peng.

Name

CSC TECHNOLOGY

Legal name

中城智慧科技有限公司

Website

https://zcsmart.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

CSC TECHNOLOGY is a privately held Chinese smart city technology provider that builds proprietary CCKS encryption-based solutions — smart payment platforms, product authentication and traceability, and self-organizing wireless networks — for government agencies, card-issuing institutions, and enterprises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smart City Security and Authentication Software

NAICS

Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (522320), Credit Card Issuing (52221)

akta.pro primary industry

Fraud Prevention & Identity Verification (IDV/KYC) (BPAMAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Consumer Identity Verification (KYC) & Fraud Risk for Credit (FSAKAKAD), Data, Evidence & Document Verification (IDV) for KYC (FSAMAMAN), CCP Settlement & Payment Infrastructure Services (FSAFAFAL)

Keywords

• Smart payment solutions
• Product authentication traceability
• Encryption technology platforms
• Self-organizing wireless networks
• Smart city infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Wuxi Shi

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Smart Card Cloud Platform Services: Comprehensive service system for smart citizen cards covering full lifecycle management including card issuance, recharge, acceptance, and settlement services to card-issuing institutions.
2. Authentication and Traceability Platform: Product authentication and traceability services providing 'one item, one code' solutions with platform, enterprise, and agent role controls. Revenue likely from platform licensing and per-transaction fees.
3. SDK Development Kits and Technical Services: SDK series development packages provided to issuing institutions for integration, along with comprehensive service cloud platform services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CSC TECHNOLOGY (中城智慧科技有限公司) provides smart city technology solutions built on its proprietary CCKS (Combined Credit Key System) encryption technology. Its core offerings include Smart Payment platforms (virtual smart cards, POS terminals, smart citizen card systems, an SDK development kit, and a Smart Card Comprehensive Service Cloud Platform), product Authentication & Traceability systems for anti-counterfeiting, and Self-Organizing Wireless Network management solutions. The company sells to government institutions, card-issuing agencies, honest enterprises, manufacturers, and network operators.

Product overview

CSC TECHNOLOGY (中城智慧科技有限公司) offers a smart city technology platform centered on CCKS (Combined Credit Key System), a proprietary high-capacity cryptographic technology supporting offline authentication and transactions. The product portfolio comprises three core solutions: 智慧支付 (Smart Payment) providing virtual cards, virtual POS, and ECC smart cards with a comprehensive service cloud platform and SDK; 鉴真溯源 (Authentication & Traceability) enabling product authenticity verification and supply chain traceability through one-item-one-code technology; and 自组网 (Self-Organizing Network) delivering wireless network security access management with automatic networking capabilities. The offerings also include the 智慧卡综合服务云平台 (Smart Card Comprehensive Service Cloud Platform) for smart citizen card lifecycle management, and 简兑 personal and merchant applications integrated with the smart citizen card system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 智慧卡综合服务云平台: Smart card integrated service cloud platform for urban citizen cards
• 简兑
• 鉴真溯源
• 立码见真
• 自组网

Products and services

• Smart Payment (智慧支付) A smart payment product line that combines virtual smart cards, POS terminals, and a smart citizen card system to enable secure card issuance and settlement for card-issuing institutions, merchants, and individual users. Delivered together with an SDK development kit and the Smart Card Comprehensive Service Cloud Platform for centralized management.
• Authentication & Traceability (鉴真溯源) A product authentication and supply chain traceability system that uses CSC TECHNOLOGY's CCKS-based security to tag and verify physical products, helping honest enterprises and manufacturers combat counterfeiting and improve supply chain visibility.
• Self-Organizing Network (自组网) A self-organizing wireless networking solution that provides flexible, self-configuring wireless coverage for network operators, venues, and IoT/smart city deployments, managed through CSC TECHNOLOGY's central management system.
• Jian Dui (简兑) settlement application A simplified settlement application offered in personal and merchant versions as a sub-product of the Smart Citizen Card system, providing lightweight payment and settlement functionality to end users and acceptance-side merchants.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10^48 capacity supporting massive IoT connectivity
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HID Global (Assa Abloy): Global provider of secure identity and authentication solutions including smart cards, credentialing, and identity verification. Directly comparable to CSC because it competes in citizen-card issuance, identity authentication, and embedded secure elements with proprietary cryptographic stacks.
• GRGBanking (广电运通): Chinese supplier of financial self-service terminals, smart-card issuance equipment, and biometric authentication for banks and government. Overlaps with CSC's virtual card/虚拟POS, ECC smart card, and identity authentication product lines targeting the same Chinese card-issuing institutions.
• Nations Technologies (国民技术): Chinese fabless semiconductor company specializing in security ICs and identity/authentication chips with proprietary crypto technology. Comparable to CSC as a domestic security/authentication technology vendor competing in the same Chinese secure-identity and card-issuance stack.
• China UnionPay (银联): National card scheme operating card issuance, acceptance, and clearing/settlement infrastructure in China. Closely comparable to CSC's 智慧卡综合服务云平台 (smart citizen card lifecycle services) and virtual POS / ECC smart card offering in the same issuance and settlement workflow.

Broad incumbents

• Ant Group (Alipay): Dominant Chinese digital payments and smart-city services platform. Comparable to CSC because it operates a full B2G/B2B stack covering virtual payment cards, city-level citizen identity apps, and merchant/consumer settlement, serving as the natural incumbent CSC competes against in domestic smart-card programs.
• Digital China (神州数码): Large Chinese IT services and smart-city systems integrator serving government and enterprise accounts. Comparable as a peer because it delivers end-to-end smart-city platforms in the same Chinese B2G customer set CSC pursues, although its scope is broader than CSC's CCKS-centric focus.
• Alibaba Cloud (City Brain / 城市大脑): Operates one of China's most deployed city-level smart-city cloud platforms. Comparable because it sells competing B2G smart-city solutions with citizen identity and payment integrations, addressing the same municipal procurement budgets CSC targets with its ISO37156-aligned stack.
• Huawei (Smart City & IoT): Global vendor of smart-city infrastructure, IoT connectivity, and identity/security platforms. Comparable to CSC because Huawei competes for the same municipal and smart-community deployments where CSC sells 自组网 (self-organizing network), authentication, and citizen cards.
• Mastercard (City Platforms & ID): Global card scheme and citizen-ID/payments platform provider serving municipal and government clients. Comparable to CSC in offering card issuance, payment settlement, and citizen identity services; CSC's ISO37156 positioning points to Mastercard as the natural international incumbent for cross-border pilots.

Emerging players

• Avery Dennison (Smartrac / RFID & Traceability): Global supplier of RFID labels, anti-counterfeit tags, and supply-chain traceability platforms. Comparable to CSC's 鉴真溯源 product line, where both offer encrypted QR/RFID carrier solutions for product authentication and supply-chain visibility, addressing overlapping consumer-goods and pharma customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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