Forum: Xi’s Message to the Politburo on AI

As the global AI safety community and world leaders prepare to convene at the AI Action Summit in Paris on February 10–11, the question of who will represent China has resurfaced. Over the past 15 months, a growing number of national AI Safety Institutes (AISIs) from around the world have worked together to promote technical […]

On March 22, 2024, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) unveiled the current version of China’s rules governing outbound data transfers. International observers and Chinese legal academics viewed the 2024 rules, which replaced a cumbersome 2022 regime, as a significant move to ease cross-border business. For some companies and organizations, they brought relief from burdensome […]

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 […]