( September 30, 2025, 04:47 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The National Standardization Administration, affiliated with China’s market regulator, recently approved the country’s first national standard in the field of cross-border personal-information security management, according to the State Administration for Market Regulation. Effective March 1, 2026, the new standard is expected to offer businesses a clearer, certification-based path to legally facilitate data flows. The new framework sets out guiding principles, baseline obligations and rights-protection measures that companies must follow when moving personal data across borders. The national standard was issued on Aug. 29 but made public only recently. The statement follows and the standard, in Chinese, is attached:...
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