March 11, 2022

China's approach to data governance may significantly impact the international system as the country becomes a global rule-maker, experts said.

In a March 2 webinar hosted by the Institute for China-America Studies (ICAS), panelists discussed China's legislative actions on data governance, which show a pivot toward a comprehensive, economic approach.

Kendra Schaefer, partner and head of tech policy research at Trivium China, stressed that China has focused on data classification to build a framework for the data market, seeing data as the most critical resource for economic development.

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