China to Create New Top Regulator for Data Governance

By Keith Zhai
March 6, 2023 4:30 am ET

SINGAPORE—China is set to create a new government agency to centralize the management of the country’s vast stores of data, as Beijing seeks to address data-security practices by businesses and streamline its regulatory structure.

The new national data bureau is set to become the top Chinese regulator on various data-related issues, people familiar with the matter said, in a shift from the current structure in which multiple ministries share oversight.

 

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