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Regulations on data rights, open data flow being drafted in China, official says

By Xu Yuan
  • 21 Mar 2021 23:26
  • 21 Mar 2021 23:26
China is currently drafting regulations to clarify issues including rights to data and the open flow of data, a senior official with the country’s Internet regulator said.
Yang Xiaowei, deputy director of the Cyberspace Administration, the country’s Internet regulator, said at a press briefing last Friday that the government was

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Xu Yuan

Senior Correspondent


Xu Yuan has worked for MLex for seven years, all of them based in Hong Kong. She has reported on a wide range of regulatory topics, including antitrust, cybersecurity and data security, in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. She has broken numerous stories on policymaking and enforcement involving international companies doing business in the region and done substantial court reporting in Hong Kong. She is currently specializing in covering regulatory issues related to future mobility, including connected vehicles. She previously worked for US TV network NBC in Beijing. She received her undergraduate degree in English Literature and Linguistics from Peking University and a master’s degree from the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at The University of Hong Kong.

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