Cross-Border Data Transfers Regulations in the Context of International Trade Law: A PRC Perspective: A PRC Perspective

About This Book
Contents
Abbreviation
1 Introduction
2 The PRC’s Legislation on Cross-Border Data Transfers
	2.1 Overview
	2.2 The PRC’s Legal System and the Hierarchy of Norms
	2.3 Data or Information?
		2.3.1 The Definition of Personal Information in the PRC’s Legal System
		2.3.2 The Difference Between “Personal Information” and “Personal Data”
	2.4 The PRC’s Legislation on Cross-Border Data Transfers
		2.4.1 Laws and Regulations
		2.4.2 Non-Binding Guidelines
		2.4.3 Increasingly Tight Restrictions on Cross-Border Data Transfers
	2.5 Interim Remarks
3 The Cross-Border Data Transfers in the Context of WTO Agreements—The PRC Perspective
	3.1 Cross-Border Data Transfer Legislation in the Context of WTO Agreements
		3.1.1 General Remarks
		3.1.2 The PRC and the WTO
		3.1.3 The Tradability of Data
		3.1.4 Data as a Service
		3.1.5 Cross-Border Data Transfers: Service or Good?
		3.1.6 Cross-Border Data Transfers and the GATS
	3.2 The Information Silk Road
	3.3 A Comprehensive Outlook on Development
	3.4 Interim Remarks
4 The Regulation of Cross-Border Data Transfers in the Context of Free Trade Agreements
	4.1 Overview
	4.2 FTAs and Cross-border Data Transfers
		4.2.1 General Remarks
		4.2.2 E-Commerce Chapters
		4.2.3 Commitments Made on Service Sectors
		4.2.4 Economic and Technical Cooperation
		4.2.5 Other Chapters
	4.3 FTAs and RTAs in Which the PRC Is Involved
		4.3.1 E-Commerce Chapters
		4.3.2 Dispute Settlement
		4.3.3 Intellectual Property (IP) Chapters
	4.4 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
	4.5 The Defects of Existing FTAs
	4.6 Interim Remarks
5 Cross-Border Data Transfers Regulations in the Context of International Trade Law-Challenges and Perspective
	5.1 The Necessity of Cross-Border Data Transfers
	5.2 Challenges Facing Legislatures
		5.2.1 Fragmentation of the Legal System
		5.2.2 Cross-Border Data Transfers and Emerging Concerns
	5.3 A Proposed Approach: Plurilateral Trade Agreements
	5.4 Interim Remarks
6 Conclusion
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