Moving Data, Moving Target

In August 2020, DigiChina published Mapping US–China Technology Decoupling—a snapshot of measures that had already been taken in Washington and Beijing with the effect of unwinding interdependence. That mapping exercise identified actions taken by both governments to separate technology systems across categories including export controls, data, supply chains, encryption, financial untangling, and travel. This update […]

A few months after the introduction of OpenAI’s ChatGPT captured imaginations around the world, China’s State Council quietly announced that it would work toward drafting an Artificial Intelligence Law. The government had already acted relatively quickly, drafting, significantly revising, and finally implementing on August 15 rules on generative AI that build on existing laws. Still, […]

Chinese regulators at the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) on April 11 issued draft Measures to govern generative AI service provision in China. The draft, which is open for public comment until May 10, would target services that generate text, images, video, code, and other media, and its announcement follows the sensation caused by the […]

This article is a preview of DigiChina’s forthcoming in-depth report on the Cyberspace Administration of China. On July 2, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) abruptly launched its first ever cybersecurity review, targeting ride-hailing juggernaut DiDi Global just two days after it raised US$4.4 billion in a New York initial public offering, citing unspecified […]

This knowledge base entry, first compiled on the eve of the Personal Information Protection Law’s implementation, provides links to the wide range of translations and analysis DigiChina has produced on the subject throughout the legislative history of China’s primary data privacy law. DigiChina translations Personal Information Protection Law Final text: Personal Information Protection Law Passed […]