On 13 July 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China, together with six other government agencies, jointly released China’s very first regulatory document governing generative artificial intelligence (AI) – Interim Measures on the Administration of Generative AI Services, which will become effective on 15 August 2023. The Measures apply to the use of generative AI technology to provide, to the general public within the Chinese territory, services generating texts, images, audio, video, or other such content, and set forth a series of compliance requirements relating to data, algorithms and content among other aspects. In the meantime, companies integrating AI into their business and operations also need to comply with broader data protection laws, regulations and standards, and make necessary adaptations to their existing compliance regime.

2023年7月13日，国家网信办、国家发改委、教育部、科技部、工信部、公安部以及广电总局联合发布了中国首份生成式人工智能监管文件——《生成式人工智能服务管理暂行办法》，后者将于2023年8月15日正式施行。《办法》适用于利用生成式人工智能技术向中国境内公众提供生成文本、图片、音频、视频等内容的服务，并就此提出了数据、算法、内容等方面的一系列合规义务。与此同时，企业在进行人工智能落地实践过程中，同样面临更为广泛的数据保护相关法律、法规、标准的要求，并需对既有合规体系进行必要调整。

• 2023-07-28 | 15:00 - 17:00
• Zoom/European Chamber Office Beijing, Room C405

5月30日，国家互联网信息办公室发布《个人信息出境标准合同备案指南（第一版）》（“备案指南”），为6月1日起执行标准合同的备案工作提供了指引，对个人信息出境标准合同备案方式、备案流程、备案材料等具体要求作出了说明。

On 30th May, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued the Guidelines for Filing Standard Contracts for the Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information (First Edition) (‘Filing Guidelines’), which provided guidance for the filing of standard contracts effective as of 1st June. The guidelines provided specific requirements for the filing methods, filing procedures, and filing materials for Standard Contract for Cross-border Transfer of Personal Information.

• 2023-07-04 | 14:00 - 15:30
• Zoom Online/European Chamber Office Beijing, Room C405

At the end of 2022, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the Opinions on Building Basic Systems for Data to Better Give Full Play to the Role of Data Resources (Twenty Data Measures), proposing twenty measures for the establishment of a property system, a circulation and trading system, an income distribution system, and a governance system. The Twenty Data Measures aim at fully leveraging China’s abundant data resources and rich application scenarios, tapping into the potential of data resources, and shedding light on the Chinese-style data governance.

• 2023-02-17 | 14:00 - 15:30
• Zoom Webinar

The European Chamber is thus pleased to invite you to join our upcoming Working Group meeting on the 3rd November from 16:00 to 17:30, where Ms Mandy Luo, Project Coordinator at the International Digital Cooperation project on ICT standardisation (InDiCo), will present the findings of a dedicated study concluded in September 2020 on the landscape for association standards in China in the ICT and emerging technologies sectors.

• 2020-11-03 | 16:00 - 17:30
• Zoom/Beijing and Shanghai offices

Despite presenting serious challenges throughout 2020, COVID-19 has not managed to impact the ineluctable roll-out of new, significant pieces of Cybersecurity implementation rules and draft laws in China. One notable release was the draft Data Security Law in July 2020. China’s determination to more-stringently regulate its cyberspace have been paralleled by a doubling of compliance endeavours from foreign businesses in China, which has increased both the cost and the operational burden of doing business, at least in the short-term.
In order to examine how the Cybersecurity Law and the Data Security Draft Law will coexist, and what the long-term impact will be on European companies operating in China, the European Chamber as assembled a distinguished group of government representatives, lawyers, security experts and industry representatives to discuss this topic at its annual Cybersecurity Conference.

• 2020-10-22 | 13:30 - 18:30
• Zoom/网络直播

On June 1st, 2020, the Chinese Central Committee and the State Council jointly released the Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port (“the Masterplan”), a large-scale plan to transform the entire island province into a free trade port (FTP) – making it the largest special free trade zone in China. The Masterplan laid out a series of special policies for Hainan – liberalization of trade of goods and services, facilitation of investment, opening-up of key sectors, and free exchange of people, capital, and data. Coupled with preferential policies of the Hainan Bo’ao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone, Hainan is expected to be the rising hub of new investment and business opportunities.

• 2020-09-23 - 2020-09-24 | 09:00 - 18:00
• Haikou, Hainan

The European Chamber has received a first draft of the Product Quality Law. Although this draft is not publicly available for comments, the European Chamber would like to invite you to a closed-door session where the Chamber will share this first draft and members will have the opportunity to provide initial comments on it.

• 2020-07-10 | 09:30 - 11:30
• Zoom

The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to a joint working group meeting on the updates of the Classified Cyber-security Protection Scheme (CCPS) and other related cyber-security laws and regulations with Mr. Wang Xinjie, CEO if Power Times and Member of the SAC/TC260, and Mr. He Ruijun, Managing editor of Joint Publishing Centre between PT Press/Taylor & Francis Group.

• 2020-06-16 - 2020-06-16 | 14:00 - 15:35
• Online - Zoom (Link to be sent upon confirmation)

For a long time, the field of technical standardisation was confined to a reduced circle of experts and received little widespread coverage. However, with the increasing polarisation of the world, the strategic dimension of standards-setting has acquired new relevance. The European Union Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the US-China Business Council (USCBC), is pleased to invite you to our next Working Group meeting, where two experts will discuss both the geopolitical aspects of Chinese standardisation and the perspective and experiences of US businesses when it comes to China’s standards-setting system.

• 2020-06-12 | 14:30 - 16:00
• Zoom Meeting

One of the mottoes of the new Commission under the auspices of President Ursula Von der Leyen has been to “strive for more at home in order to lead in the world”. Throughout the new leadership’s 100 first days, a number of road-maps that will likely pave the way of Europe’s strategic development and global positioning in the next five years have been developed. Looking at EU-China cooperation and competition, perhaps two of the most relevant road-maps devised by the new Commission are its Artificial Intelligence (AI) White Paper – released on 19th February – and its industrial strategy – rolled out on 10th March.

• 2020-03-16 | 16:00 - 17:30
• online