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China's capital city updates plan to boost cross-border data flows in 6 priority areas

By MLex Staff ( April 1, 2026, 08:17 GMT | Insight) -- Beijing has unveiled an updated reform plan to facilitate cross-border data flows, underscoring a shift from a compliance-driven approach to one focused on unlocking the value of data. The plan, introduced at the 2026 Zhongguancun Forum by Wang Fei, deputy head of the Beijing Internet Information Office, sets out 27 measures across policy improvements, industrial applications, enhanced services, technological support and risk control. Beijing has unveiled an updated reform plan to facilitate cross-border data flows, underscoring a shift from a compliance-driven approach to one focused on unlocking the value of data....

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