China Monthly Data Protection Update - April 2023

Legislation

Four Departments Jointly Issues Implementation Measures on Carrying out Network Security Service Certification

On March 28, 2023, State Administration for Market Regulation ("SAMR"), the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology ("MIIT"), the Ministry of Public Security ("MPS") put forward nine implementation measures for carrying out the network security service certification in accordance with the Cyber Security Law ("CSL") and Certification and Accreditation Regulations. ¹

NISTC Issues First Batch of Recommended National Standards Plan for Cybersecurity for 2023

On March 24, the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China issued the first batch of recommended national standards plan for 2023, of which the National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee ("NISTC") would be responsible for a total of 26 standard projects, including Information