Translation Category: Technology
The CCP Politburo holds “study sessions” on a semi-regular basis, in which an outside academic or government expert leads a discussion on a selected topic. Such sessions are important signals as to what issues the senior leadership finds important. The third study session of the 20th Central Committee Politburo was held on February 21, 2023 and was presided over by Xi Jinping. The session focused on themes related to China’s bid for technological self-reliance and emphasized the need to strengthen basic scientific research.
This publication by the Cyberspace Administration of China explains the legal principles behind the recently published, first of its kind, algorithm regulations.
This in-depth article from the director of the Competition Law Research Center of Nankai University lays out the legal intricacies of regulating algorithm recommendations on online platforms, using an infringement case between iQIYI and ByteDance as an example.
The Department of Innovation and High-Tech Development of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) offers several “recommendations” for building legal and regulatory architecture around the use, transmission, and protection of data. The document is an important window into how Beijing is thinking about data governance.
In the wake of the publication of China’s first algorithm regulations, this article reflects on potential pitfalls and difficulties in implementing these groundbreaking policies.
A legal scholar from Renmin University analyses the legal aspects of algorithm regulations, effective March 2022, and points out existing issues on technology platforms which the regulations seek to address.
Read-out from 2013 convening of the Politburo to discuss China’s strategy for becoming a “maritime superpower.”