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On January 3, 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China (the “CAC”) released the Draft Measures for Personal Information Protection Certification for Cross-Border Data Transfers (the “Draft Measures”) for public comment. Following the Implementation Rules for Personal Information Protection Certification (the “Implementation Rules”) and the Cybersecurity Standards Practice Guidelines – Security Certification Specifications for Cross-Border Processing of Personal Information V2.0 (TC260-PG-20222A) in 2022, the Draft Measures provides additional details with respect to key aspects of the certification process, including its applicability, evaluation criteria, implementation process, use of certification results, and post-certification supervision. Continue Reading Draft Measures for Personal Information Protection Certification for Cross-Border Data Transfers Released for Public Comment

中国正式发布《促进和规范数据跨境流动规定》

On March 22, 2024, nearly six months after the release of the “draft Provisions on Regulating and Promoting Cross-border Data Transfer” (the “Draft Rules”), the Cybersecurity Administration of China (the “CAC”) formally released the “Regulations on Facilitating and Regulating Cross-border Data Flow” (the “New Regulations”), which came into effect on the date of release.Continue Reading China Issues Regulations on Facilitating and Regulating Cross-Border Data Flow

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.
Continue Reading International Cooperation under China’s Proposed Implementing Rules for Human Genetic Resources Management

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.
Continue Reading China Proposed Draft Implementing Rules for Human Genetic Resources Management

Cyberspace Administration of China, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Public Security, and State Administration for Market Regulation jointly promulgated, on December 31, 2021, the Provisions on Administration of Algorithmic Recommendation in the Internet Information Service (互联网信息服务算法推荐管理规定) (the “Provisions”), which became effective as of March 1, 2022.
Continue Reading Provisions on Administration of Algorithmic Recommendation Took Effect on March 1