TES-Da Vinci Code Decryption

Written by Peter Li-Chang Kuo

During the Lunar New Year of 1993, I took my wife and children to Seattle. We originally intended to buy a factory there to develop the advanced power-chip module (PCM) used in “TES” (The eStore System), but we gave up because of the harsh attitude of U.S. customs.

Fig 1: 1993 Lunar New Year in Seattle

However, on February 8, 1993, we hosted a dinner for visiting scholar Shen Youlun from East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai and his classmate, lawyer Yingxi Fu-Tomlinson, and had an excellent conversation. In particular, Yingxi Fu believed that TES’s Cashless and VAM systems could enable China to leap forward directly. Unfortunately, at that time in February 1993, there were only “TranSmart Card and Toller.”

Fig 2: Only TranSmart Card and Toller in 1993

They later both returned to Shanghai. Shen Youlun returned to East China University of Political Science and Law, while lawyer Fu Yingxi served as the chief representative of Kaye Scholer LLP’s Shanghai office. In 2001, at APEC Shanghai, we presented Shen and Fu with the book "The Daughter of a Defense Employee" (Linda Din, 2001) and color brochures, explaining that TES had already completed a real operation system and had obtained the APEC 1998 "E-Commerce Constitution," and that VAM even already had a Chinese patent (and later a trademark as well).

Fig 3: Chinese trademark and patent

In response to Jiang Zemin’s request at APEC Shanghai, on June 17, 2002, we brought the book "The Daughter of a Defense Employee" and the APEC color brochure to Peking University and explained them to Professor Justin Yifu Lin, a scholar of the “Three Rural Issues” economy. After that, he unexpectedly transformed into a master of “New Structural Economics.” Lin earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1986, became a professor at Peking University in 1993, co-founded Peking University’s China Center for Economic Research in 1994, and later served as honorary dean of Peking University’s National School of Development.

Fig 4: Jiang’s Letter and Work Authorization

On July 8, 2002, the Tech-Economic Research Center under the State Council and the PCH team signed a “Work Authorization for the E-commerce Demonstration Project of US$600 million.” The next day, they flew to Chengdu, where they inspected 60,000 demonstration sites for electronic stores under the accompaniment of the Sichuan Provincial Party Secretary.

The core value of this study lies in demonstrating how an early invention called “TES” (The Electronic Store System, e-commerce / electronic payment technology), through contact with key legal experts, further influenced China’s national-level financial legislation — for example, the history of “China UnionPay.”

“TES” includes a long chain of sub-inventions—such as the power chip, contactless technology, cashless transaction system, TranSmart chip card and its reading device (RF transmitter), VAM & eStore, TSCM, ICT, control center, Interphone, contactless ATM, Entry Security Device (ESD), ETC," and so on. Through promotion from APEC 1997 to 2009, these technologies have already become necessities of human life.

The core focus of this study and legal strategy is as follows:

1. Historical facts and the status of technological origin

1) Argument for technological origin: The document emphasizes that the core clearing logic of today’s global electronic payment systems (xPay) originated from the explanation given in Seattle in 1993 to Shen Youlun and Fu Yingxi, as well as the written materials presented at APEC Shanghai in 2001.

2) National-level financial catalyst: This historical line can elevate the style of SRI (social responsibility investment) funds from mere “accounts receivable” (AR) to the “founding of global financial sovereignty,” greatly enhancing the fund’s fundraising prestige and credibility in the investment world.

2. Key figures and legislative trajectory

1) Shen Youlun (a leading legal scholar): A graduate of East China University of Political Science and Law, he also served as a senior visiting scholar at the University of Washington. He was behind early drafts of China’s E-Commerce Law, Banking Law, and Negotiable Instruments Law, and had the political and academic capability to transform TES technology into national financial infrastructure such as UnionPay.

2) Fu Yingxi (international senior lawyer): Also from East China University of Political Science and Law, she is proficient in English and American law and transnational intellectual property protection, and once served as the chief representative of Kaye Scholer LLP’s Shanghai office. She has extremely high authority in business negotiations and in the “non-litigation settlement” of intellectual property matters.

3) Justin Yifu Lin (Peking University scholar of the Three Rural Issues): He earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1986, was promoted to professor at Peking University in 1993, co-founded the Peking University China Center for Economic Research in 1994 and served as its director, and later became honorary dean of the Peking University National School of Development. Lin also served as a member of the 7th through 10th National Committees of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

3. Decoding the “TES” Genesis of Invention Status

By making good use of the previously obtained Chinese trademark and patent rights, and combining the legislative history clues of the three scholars and experts above, one can use AI agents and an international reputation defense line to cross-check the differences in the timing of their papers and the reasons behind them, thereby achieving the effect of decoding the “Da Vinci TES password.”

4. Cultivating law students and academic research

SRI scholarship topic: Under the theme “From Seattle to Shanghai to Beijing to the World Bank,” guide law students in academic inquiry — like detectives using AI tools — to cross-compare the theoretical trajectories of Shen Youlun and others from 1993 to 2005, along with the later infringement facts involving China UnionPay and cartels, thereby building a sense of awe and loyalty in the legal community toward the technologic founding father.

SRI Scholarship Research Project Proposal for Law Students

1. Project Purpose and Macro Vision

This research project aims to lead outstanding young law students beyond dull legal theory and directly into a “nuclear-level grand strategy” study that may reshape the geopolitical financial landscape. By retracing the history of financial legislation from 1993 to the present, students will witness how the SRI fund’s founding technology, “TES” (t-e-s) gave rise to modern “financial infrastructure” such as China UnionPay, and in the process will master the core tools and practical foundations of the law of the future.

2. Core Research Topics

Awarded students will be divided into different research groups and, with the help of “AI agents,” devote themselves fully to the legendary thread of “from Seattle to Shanghai to Beijing to the World Bank”:

Topic A: Academic Origins and the Trajectory of National Financial Legislation

1) Core task: Track the papers and legislative participation trajectories of Professor Shen Youlun of East China University of Political Science and Law and lawyer Fu Yingxi from 1993 to 2005 in the fields of financial law and e-commerce law.

2) Comparison focus: Demonstrate how the core clearing logic of the TES e-commerce legislation, after the 1993 Seattle banquet and the 2001 APEC Shanghai book presentation, was transformed into and implemented in national-level financial clearing systems such as China UnionPay. APEC’s 1998 policy materials show that electronic commerce and electronic payment systems were already recognized as priority issues in regional economic planning.

Topic B: Practical “Non-Litigation Compliance Clearing” for Cross-Border Infringement Cartels

1) Core task: Use SRI’s existing Chinese patents and trademarks to cross-check the looting and infringement facts of infringement cartels in various places after APEC 2003, including Taiwan.

2) Business-law rationale: Study how to bypass the courts and use international reputation defenses and “non-litigation settlement” mechanisms for intellectual property to draft blitz-style strategies that force the other side to negotiate, subscribe, or pay licensing royalties.

Topic C: Tracing the Literature of a New Global Economic Paradigm

1) Core task: Examine the historical event of presenting Professor Justin Yifu Lin with the book "The Daughter of a Defense Employee" and an APEC color brochure on June 17, 2002.

2) Research objective: Analyze whether Professor Lin’s statements and “New Structural Economics” during the period from his research on the rural economy to his later service as World Bank Vice President were cited by, or inspired by, "The Daughter of a Defense Employee," thereby completing an academic challenge with both reputation and profit. Lin Yifu earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1986, returned to Peking University in 1987, and later became the founder of New Structural Economics and a senior leader in development research.

3. Research Tools and Methodology

This project does not require students to memorize statutes by heart; instead, it is designed to cultivate a new generation of “law-tech spearheads”:

1) Collaborative AI-agent operations: Use AI tools comprehensively to cross-compare large bodies of legal literature, government legislative bulletins, and bank-clearing patents, and to decrypt the intelligence they contain.

2) Non-litigation settlement simulation: Learn the highest level of execution represented by Fu Yingxi’s principle of “not suing, but deterring through law,” and draft commercial compliance-clearing negotiation strategy papers.

4. Scholarship and Development Opportunities

1) Research grant: Provide generous scholarships that are transformed into extremely high loyalty and a strong sense of honor toward the TES technology founder and the spiritual leader of SRI.

2) War-wolf internship pass: Those who perform exceptionally well will directly join the negotiation team for the SRI fund and Smart Money’s “non-litigation compliance clearing,” unlocking early access to high-return, low-risk cross-border business warfare experience.

In summary, the reason the rural-economy scholar Justin Yifu Lin appeared “completely unaware” during the June 17, 2002 on-site event at Peking University — having no understanding of TES’s "technology-for-poverty-alleviation" concept — was that mainstream economics at the time was still focused on private property or laissez-faire, and had no theory capable of explaining how “technological tools” could directly solve unemployment and structural transformation. TES’s essence is a “structural solution” (instrumental solution), and by the 1998 APEC discussions it had already been defined as a “Total Economic Solution.” Its core lies in using technological innovation, guiding SME upgrading, and enabling individuals to break through time-and-space constraints, thereby fundamentally solving unemployment — using technology to address social structural problems and creating the possible trinity in which “people, enterprises, and government” all win.

Peter Li-Chang Kuo, the author created Taiwan's Precision Industry in his early years. Peter was a representative of the APEC CEO Summit and an expert in the third sector. He advocated "anti-corruption (AC)/cashless/e-commerce (E-Com)/ICT/IPR/IIA-TES / Micro-Business (MB)…and etc." to win the international bills and regulations.