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Guide to the new China data protection laws

Guide to the new China data protection laws

A quick guide to China’s personal data protection law and data security law.

16 August 2023

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Welcome to our guide

This page contains information and links to articles and resources our team has prepared on the new China data protection laws. These include the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), the China Data Security Law (DSL), the Cyber Security Law and the various lower level data regulations, policies and guidelines.

Read our English Insight series

We write regular updates about PIPL. Below are our previous articles in English.

China Relaxes Cross-Border Data Transfer Regime (25 March 2024) Key takeaways from draft data regulation issued by China’s CB (16 August 2023) China issued filing guidance for the Standard Contract (31 May 2023) What’s in China SCCs – a comparative review against the EU SCCs (1 March 2023) Guidelines on Chinese Data Export Security Assessment (8 September 2022) China fines Didi USD 1.18 billion for data violations (21 July 2022) China’s new rule re security assessment for cross border data transfer (13 July 2022) Chinese regulator publishes the draft China SCC (5 July 2022) China’s new rules for human genetic resources regulation (8 April 2022) A further move in AI regulation - China enforces new rule (31 March 2022) CBIRC to intensify enforcement on personal information protection (23 March 2022) Latest updates on data protection in China (19 November 2021) Cheat sheet of China's first personal information protection law (26 August 2021) Cross-border investigation from China’s new Data Security Law (05 July 2021) China data protection insights series - part 1 (20 July 2021) One shoe has dropped - China promulgates Data Security Law (25 June 2021) China’s upcoming personal data protection law – a comparison with GDPR (24 June 2021) China unveils its personal data protection law (30 October 2020)

We have created a very comprehensive and detailed action plan to guide you through preparing for the PIPL. Contact our client manager Yang Yang.

Read our Chinese Insight series

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Jingyuan Shi, Partner

Jingyuan is the key contact for our Shenzhen office, and a partner responsible for our TMT practice in the Greater China region.

Jingyuan Shi, Partner

Jingyuan is the key contact for our Shenzhen office, and a partner responsible for our TMT practice in the Greater China region.

Ruina Liu, Partner

Ruina is a PRC qualified lawyer and a partner in our Corporate and Commercial group.

Ruina Liu, Partner

Ruina is a PRC qualified lawyer and a partner in our Corporate and Commercial group.

Jenny Liu, Supervising Associate

Jenny is a member of our Greater China TMT team

Jenny Liu, Supervising Associate

Jenny is a member of our Greater China TMT team

Yuchen Lai, Legal Executive

Yuchen Lai is a Legal Executive in our Shenzhen office and a PRC qualified lawyer.

Yuchen Lai, Legal Executive

Yuchen Lai is a Legal Executive in our Shenzhen office and a PRC qualified lawyer.

This document (and any information accessed through links in this document) is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Professional legal advice should be obtained before taking or refraining from any action as a result of the contents of this document.

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