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Data-related legislation and its implications for a country’s competitiveness: The perspective of the People’s Republic of China

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  • Dai, Yihan

    (Associate Research Fellow, East China University of Political Science and Law, China)

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Data protection legislation could have far-reaching implications for a country’s competitiveness in today’s global digital economy, especially for the People’s Republic of China, which is extremely data rich because of its large population and the substantial number of active internet users. Chinese legislators appear to have intentionally left a viable space for the development of Big Data and new technologies and adopt two contradictory approaches towards the liberalisation of cross-border data transfer in the context of trade globalisation. This paper discusses how the two contradictory approaches reflect a lack of policy coherence in the field of cross-border data transfer that will probably lead to ‘policy failures’.

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  • Dai, Yihan, 2021. "Data-related legislation and its implications for a country’s competitiveness: The perspective of the People’s Republic of China," Journal of Data Protection & Privacy, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 4(2), pages 146-157, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:jdpp00:y:2021:v:4:i:2:p:146-157
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    data protection laws; PRC’s data privacy legislation; internet censorship;
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    • K2 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law

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