Legal Update On The Draft Legal Documents Guiding The Data Law

On 30 November 2024, the Data Law was officially passed and will come into effect on 01 July 2025.¹ To concretise the provisions of the Data Law, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has drafted and released various draft legal documents for public consultation. In addition to draft decree guiding the implementation of the Data Law,² the MPS also introduced three other documents, including (i) the draft decree regulating science, technology, and innovation activities, and products and services related to data; (ii) the draft decree on the National Data Development Fund; and (iii) the draft decision on promulgating the list of important data and core data. In this legal update, we will outline the key contents of these legal documents, which provide comprehensive information on the management, protection, and development of data related to the Data Law.