According to the State Council’s Institutional Reform Plan released on March 7, 2023, the State Council will establish a National Bureau of Data (“NBD”), and it will be administrated by the National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”). Pursuant to the announced responsibilities, the NBD will be in charge of “coordinating the construction of data infrastructure, integrating and sharing data resources, and promoting the planning and development of digital China, digital economy, and digital society.”Continue Reading China to Establish National Bureau of Data

In the previous blog post, we discussed a few highlights of the Implementing Rules for Human Genetic Resources Management (draft for comment) (人类遗传资源管理条例实施细则(征求意见稿))(the “Draft Rules”). In this blog post, we will discuss a few other provisions of the Draft Rules that are related to international cooperation involving human genetic resources of China.
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On March 21, 2022, the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China published the Implementing Rules for Human Genetic Resources Management (draft for comment) (人类遗传资源管理条例实施细则(征求意见稿))(the “Draft Rules”) to solicit public comments therefor. The comment period will open until April 21, 2022.
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