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China's Tianjin publishes rules for categorizing and grading of data in free-trade zone

( February 8, 2024, 06:09 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: China’s Tianjin, one of four municipalities directly under the country's central government, has published a set of rules for categorizing and grading data in its free-trade zone, according to the Tianjin Commerce Bureau. The data will be divided into 13 categories, such as data related to strategic goods and commodities, natural resources and the environment, finance, health, food and medicine, Internet services and e-commerce, as well as 40 sub-categories. Data will be graded as core data, important data and general data by measuring their varying impact on national security, economic functioning, social stability, public health and safety. The rules clarify the standards to be adopted in identifying important data, data that are subject to stricter data-security protection and security-review in cross-border data flows. Below please find the statement: ...

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