China’s top leader Xi Jinping last week presided over a Politburo study session on artificial intelligence. It was the second such AI-focused study session, the previous dating back to 2018, when Xi had just started his second five-year term and China’s government had recently published the New Generation AI Development plan, setting ambitious targets for […]| DigiChina
Left out of the international AISI network at its first meeting, China positions CNAISDA to take a seat at the table| DigiChina
Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China Passed November 67, 2016. Effective June 1, 2017. Table of Contents Chapter I: General Provisions Chapter II: Support and Promotion of Cybersecurity Chapter III: Network Operations Security Section 1: General Provisions Section 2: […]| DigiChina
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 […]| DigiChina
This translation was produced by Rogier Creemers and Graham Webster on the basis of DigiChina’s earlier translation of the of the second review draft of the law, which in turn was based on our translation of the first draft, produced by Rogier Creemers, Mingli Shi, Lauren Dudley, and Graham Webster. [Updated Aug. 22, 2021, with […]| DigiChina
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 […]| DigiChina
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, […]| DigiChina
DigiChina Editor’s Note: This is a guest translation organized by Concordia AI. It was edited by Kwan Yee Ng and Jason Zhou, with contributions from Ben Murphy, Rogier Creemers, and Hunter Dorwart. This translation has not been edited by DigiChina for accuracy or house style. For context and analysis on this unofficial scholars’ draft, please […]| DigiChina
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 […]| DigiChina
This translation is by (in randomized order), Seaton Huang, Helen Toner, Zac Haluza, and Rogier Creemers, and was edited by Graham Webster. During editing, an alternative translation from China Law Translate was consulted. For analysis of this draft, please see our DigiChina Forum, compiling analysis from a group of invited specialists. Translation April 11, 2023 […]| DigiChina
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of DigiChina contributions by Zac Haluza, newly serving as an Associate Editor of DigiChina. Haluza’s independent analysis on Chinese technology policy is published on his Root Access newsletter, formerly known as Cloudology. Since the 20th Party Congress last October, innovation in science and technology (S&T) has […]| DigiChina
Last week, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced a cybersecurity review of the U.S. semiconductor firm Micron and the goods it sells in China. The official announcement manages to reveal little while raising several questions about the nature of the cybersecurity review regime. As a starting point, here is the full announcement in translation: […]| DigiChina
This translation is by Graham Webster, Kevin Neville, Seaton Huang, and Zac Haluza. It was edited by Graham Webster. Source: http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/2023-02/27/content_5743484.htm Archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20230227202546/http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/2023-02/27/content_5743484.htm Translation Central Committee, State Council issue ‘Plan for the Overall Layout of Building a Digital China’ Feb. 27, 2023, 6:43 p.m. – Source: Xinhua News Agency BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — ...| DigiChina