China’s CAC and Hong Kong’s ITIB jointly released GBA SCCs, which may be adopted to transfer personal information between entities within the GBA.

On December 13, 2023, the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) and Hong Kong’s Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau of Hong Kong (ITIB) jointly formulated and released the Standard Contract for the Cross-boundary Flow of Personal Information within the GBA (GBA SCCs) and its Implementation Guidelines (Implementation Guidelines), both of which became effective immediately.