Moving Data, Moving Target

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 […]

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 […]