Project Name

Network Time Synchronization System Construction Project of Zhengzhou Bank Co., Ltd.

Customer Profile

Zhengzhou Bank Co., Ltd. (stock code: 002936.SZ/ 06196.HK ) Founded in 1996 Year, formerly known as Zhengzhou City 48 The Zhengzhou Urban Cooperative Bank, established by urban credit cooperatives, was the first of its kind nationwide. “A+H” A city commercial bank listed on the stock exchange. The bank adheres to “ Serving the local economy, serving small and medium-sized enterprises, and serving urban and rural residents. ” Its market positioning, with deep roots in the heartland of Central China, has grown into an entity with total assets exceeding… 7400 A regional core financial institution with assets of hundreds of millions of yuan, as of 2025 At the end of the third quarter, total assets reached 7435.52 hundred million yuan, outstanding deposits balance 4702.80 RMB 100 million, outstanding balance of loans and advances 3947.00 RMB 100 million, with all key operating indicators consistently ranking among the top among domestic city commercial banks.

As “ Henan’s Financial Forces ” As a leading force, Zhengzhou Bank’s business footprint spans diverse sectors, including corporate finance, retail banking, technology‑driven finance, and green finance. Within Henan Province, it has established numerous specialized branches focusing on technology and green finance, while also overseeing… 7 The rural commercial bank has continued to expand its branch network. In recent years, the bank has vigorously advanced digital transformation and credit‑information system development, accelerated the establishment of a digital risk‑control framework, and strengthened the use of technology to enhance financial services. It has played a vital role in supporting major local projects, the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises, and rural revitalization. With its resilient operations and high‑quality financial services, it has become a key pillar for the region’s high‑quality economic development.

Cooperation Period

2025 Second quarter of the year

Procurement Products

DNTS-9 Domestication of Information Technology Innovation NTP Network time server (including 30 Mikro high-sensitivity timing antenna, mounting bracket, client-side synchronization software, and operations and maintenance management platform)

• Core configuration: Hygon , Yangtze Memory Technologies , domestically developed server operating system
• Time‑synchronization module: BeiDou-3 multi‑channel GNSS Receiver, supports dual receivers / Dual-antenna configuration
• Timekeeping Unit: Built-in aerospace-grade rubidium atomic clock (timekeeping accuracy better than 500 ns/day )

Customer requirements

1. Meets the high-precision time synchronization requirements of financial trading and settlement systems, ensuring temporal consistency of business data timestamps.
2. Complies with the national information technology innovation (ITI) industry policy and achieves full domestic adaptation of core hardware and software.
3. Supports simultaneous access by tens of thousands of terminal devices, ensuring time synchronization coverage across a distributed network architecture.
4. It features robust security protection, safeguarding against time tampering, unauthorized access, and other security risks.
5. Provides comprehensive log auditing and alerting mechanisms to meet financial industry compliance and regulatory requirements.
6. The system shall incorporate a redundant design to ensure… 7×24 Hourly continuous time‑keeping service

Solution

1. Timing Architecture: It employs the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System as the primary time source, supports dual-receiver priority configuration, and integrates a built-in rubidium atomic clock to ensure continuous timekeeping during signal outages, thereby guaranteeing uninterrupted time services.
2. Protocol support: Compatible NTP v1-v4 、 SNTP Agreements, compatible IPv4/IPv6 Dual-stack network environment, meeting the bank’s requirements for multi-system access.
3. Security Assurance: A three-tier user management system is deployed, supporting SSH/Web Password complexity validation, login timeout control, and access whitelist/blacklist mechanisms are implemented; the core firmware employs dual-layer encryption. + Four‑party signature protection, compliant with the security requirements of the “Catalogue of Financial Technology Product Certifications.”
4. Operations and Maintenance Management: Supporting Components DNTS Manager Centralized management software that supports monitoring of thousands of servers and tens of thousands of clients, with logs available on a daily basis. / week / Monthly generation Excel Export, supported syslog/SNMP/email Multi-channel alerting to meet financial industry audit and compliance standards.
5. Deployment method: Adopted 2U Rack‑mount design, direct connection to the bank’s core network switch, easy installation, no need to modify the existing network architecture, and compatible with various financial institutions. IT Infrastructure environment
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Implementation Effectiveness

1. Time synchronization accuracy reaches 5us , meeting the stringent time‑synchronization requirements of the financial industry for transaction settlement and data backup, 24 Hourly timekeeping stability ≤10ns
2. System support 90000 Next / Second-order network port NTP Request: Successfully deployed across all bank branch terminals and core business systems, with seamless client access.
3. Fully achieves domestic substitution and adaptation, has passed both the XinChuang platform certification and the commercial cryptography testing and certification, and complies with the financial industry’s requirements for domestic replacement.
4. A comprehensive time‑security protection system has been established, and the log‑audit functionality meets regulatory compliance requirements; no time‑synchronization anomalies or security incidents have occurred.
5. System MTBF reach 90000 Hours, redundant design ensures business continuity, and operational efficiency is improved. 60% , significantly reducing manual maintenance costs
6. It has successfully passed testing and certification by the International Time Service Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the TÜV Laboratory of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, fully meeting the high-reliability standards of the financial industry.

Industry Application Adaptation

DNTS-9 Domestication of Information Technology Innovation NTP Leveraging its high security, exceptional reliability, and full domestic localization, the server has established mature application solutions that span the entire financial sector, including banking, securities, insurance, and clearing institutions. The types of institutions it supports, along with their representative examples, include:

1. Banking institutions

• State-owned large commercial banks: People’s Bank of China, Bank of China, Postal Savings Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of Communications, and others.
• Joint-stock commercial banks: China Merchants Bank, CITIC Bank, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, China Guangfa Bank, and others.
• City Commercial Banks: Jiangsu Bank, Chongqing Bank, Guiyang Bank, Changsha Bank, Shaoxing Bank, Hankou Bank, and others.
• Rural financial institutions: Hebei Provincial Rural Credit Cooperatives, Yunnan Provincial Rural Credit Cooperatives, Beijing Rural Commercial Bank, Henan Rural Commercial Bank, and others. (Note: Baoshang Bank has been restructured into Mengshang Bank, and the corresponding system‑adaptation requirements have been fully addressed.)

2. Securities, Futures, and Capital Market Institutions

Shanghai Clearing House, China International Capital Corporation, Shenzhen United Property Exchange, Shanxi Securities, Changjiang Securities, Huatai Securities, CITIC Securities, China Securities Depository & Clearing Corporation, Jianxin Fund, China Asset Management, and others.

3. Insurance and asset management institutions

China Life, Taikang Insurance, Xinhua Life, Xintai Life, Yingda Insurance, Huatai Insurance, Ping An Shenzhen, Guoyuan Agricultural Insurance, Xinhua Pension, Xingfu Life, and others.

This solution strictly adheres to financial industry standards, including the People’s Bank of China’s “Technical Specification for the Application of Digital Certificates on Mobile Terminals,” and can provide customized time‑synchronization solutions tailored to the specific business scenarios of different financial institutions—such as bank transaction settlement, securities trading matching, and insurance claim calculation. To date, it has been deployed for more than… 200 Financial institutions provide stable and reliable time‑service support.

The choice of numerous financial regulators, core financial institutions, and industry-leading enterprises fully underscores Beijing Zhongxin Chuang’s product strength and service quality in the field of time synchronization. Moving forward, the company will continue to uphold… “ Technology Empowers, Integrity Drives Win-Win Results ” Our collaborative philosophy is to work in close partnership with stakeholders across all sectors, jointly driving the financial industry’s digital transformation and secure development, and achieving synergistic progress in both corporate and societal value.