The embodiment of the invention discloses an electronic
payment method and an electronic
payment system. The method comprises the following steps: building a
payment account, receiving a digital secret key pair of the account, and digitally signing on items of the account for a special fund; decrypting a received payment
instruction data packet and obtaining the
digital signature of the payment
instruction data packet and the basic information of the special fund; authenticating the validity of the
digital signature and analyzing the basic information of the special fund when the
authentication is successful; and authenticating the effectiveness for the basic information of the special fund according to the payment instruction information of the
digital signature, and paying the amount of money corresponding to the account in the basic information of the special fund to a fund receiving account after the
authentication is successful. Therefore, the electronic payment for the account of the special fund is implemented, the flows of an artificial signature and paper delivery are saved, and the safety and the reliability of payment are improved while the settlement efficiency is improved.