At a WTO meeting of the Council for Trade in Services on October 22, 2021, Japan and the U.S. put China's cybersecurity measures on the agenda. These two Members, along with Canada, Australia, and the EU, offered comments on the measures, expressing concern with the burdens they

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced today that 106 apps must be removed from app stores for continuing to infringe on consumer rights. Among them, 5 apps were designated by the MIIT and 101 apps were identified by provincial agencies. Additional administrative penalties may be

Previously, we reported [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/china-proposes-measures-on-security-assessment-for-data-exports/] that China released a draft measure entitled Measures on Security Assessment of Data Exports (数据出境安全评估办法(征求意见稿) [http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-10/29/c_1637102874600858.htm] (link in Chinese) and solicited comments that were due by November 28. Recently, a group of

On November 14, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued a draft of the Regulations on Network Data Security (网络数据安全管理条例(征求意见稿) [http://www.cac.gov.cn/2021-11/14/c_1638501991577898.htm] (link in Chinese)). The draft is open to public comments until December 13. The draft is part of the

On November 2, Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced a bill to expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review foreign investments where sensitive personal information is involved. The bill, S. 3130 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/

On November 3, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued [https://www.miit.gov.cn/jgsj/xgj/gzdt/art/2021/art_cb78e71c3200476c97f86ff74611faf9.html] (link in Chinese) a list of 55 apps which were found to have violated users' legal rights. The MIIT requires these companies to

On October 29, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued a draft (link in Chinese) of Measures on Security Assessment of Data Exports (数据出境安全评估办法) (unofficial English translation here). The draft is now open for public comments until November 28, 2021. The draft is formulated in accordance with China’s Data