China's Guangxi unveils negative list for data exports in free-trade zone

( August 8, 2025, 07:55 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a gateway to Southeast Asia, has issued a “negative list” for outbound data transfers in its free-trade zone, covering the geographic and meteorological data, enterprise credit information, cross-border livestreaming e-commerce and overseas audio-video production sectors. The list defines “important data” by specific scenarios and fields within those sectors and relaxes some limits on personal information exports.The negative list, in Chinese, is attached. ...

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