China issues draft rule on data security for industry, telecoms

September 30, 2021

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s industry ministry on Thursday published its draft rule on data security for the industry and telecommunications sectors.

Authorities in the world’s No.2 economy are stepping up regulation in data handling to protect critical data, which could threaten areas such as politics, military, and China’s overseas interests.

(Reporting by Brenda Goh, Yingzhi Yang, Yilei Sun and Josh Horwitz; editing by Jason Neely)

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