China has passed provisions which relax the current cross-border data transfer mechanisms. This comes as welcome news to the international business community, especially those with the need to export data from China in the course of their ordinary business activities.

A draft of the New Provisions was initially released in September 2023 for public consultation. The majority of measures introduced by the draft provisions to relax the restrictions on data exports, including the ‘blacklist’ approach to important data, certain exemptions and de minimis thresholds, have been retained in the New Provisions.

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