This monthly report outlines key developments in China’s data protection sector for March. The following events merit special attention...more
China continued to strengthen its national security regulatory regime by introducing the new Data Security Law in 2021 - China has further strengthened its legislation on data security in view of the popularity of...more
China has moved to strengthen its review of foreign direct investments in 2020 - The PRC Foreign Investment Law (FIL) and its implementation regulations, which establishes the new foreign investment regulatory framework in...more
China has developed its own national security review regime over the past years, but the review process and relevant rules and guidance continue to be subject to further clarifications. A ministerial review panel (MRP) was...more
Two years on since the first draft, the final act of the legislative passage saga of the long-awaited People's Republic of China Encryption Law ended with its promulgation on 26 October 2019. It will take effect on 1 January...more
On 11 April 2017 the Cyberspace Administration of China published a circular calling for comments on its draft Security Assessment for Personal Information and Important Data Transmitted Outside of the People’s Republic of...more