China plans laws for 'healthy' development of tech companies
(2021/08/12)
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2021/08/12/china_new_rule_of_law_plan/
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The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the nation's State Council have sketched out a direction for new regulation of its technology industry – and indeed the entire nation.
An [1]Implementation Outline for the Construction of a Government under the Rule of Law , published in full in State-controlled organ Xinhua offers the formulation by which the Communist Party of China intends to govern between now and 2025.
Among the tech-related plans are promotion of technological innovation, using digital technology to widen channels for public participation in lawmaking, infusing government decision-making with AI and big data, and improving law enforcement using information technology.
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The document also calls for electronic identity authentication and use of electronic certificates and seals – in part to help with government service delivery.
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The document also calls for a review of anti-trust laws and for research on China's digital economy, plus the fields of internet finance, AI, big data, and cloud computing. That research should "fill in the shortcomings and ensure the healthy development of new business forms and new models with good laws and good governance".
[5]Chinese state media describes gaming as 'spiritual opium' that stunts education and destroys families
[6]Huawei to America: You're not taking cyber-security seriously until you let China vouch for us
[7]Communism never looked so good: China cracks down on pop-up ads
That's all but an admission that China's big technology companies have run ahead of local laws. Beijing has cracked down on Ant Group's finance ambitions and reined in the activities of other web giants – for reasons ranging from monopolistic tendencies to corrupting youth with computer games, offering smutty apps, loose data security, allowing offshore entities to access Chinese citizens' personal data, and even [8]inappropriate karaoke .
The Council and Committee also call for improved government inspection capabilities, to ensure Beijing stays on top of organisations' activities.
The document's final point is that China needs better "public opinion propaganda" and research institutions that educate the public about how well the nation is governed.
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Which seemingly guarantees the success of the policies the document outlines – regardless of their effectiveness. ®
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[1] http://www.xinhuanet.com/2021-08/11/c_1127752490.htm
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[5] https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/04/china_gaming_spiritual_opium/
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/02/huawei_security_advice_to_usa/
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/30/china_popups_crackdown/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/12/china_karaoke_and_drinking_crackdowns/
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An [1]Implementation Outline for the Construction of a Government under the Rule of Law , published in full in State-controlled organ Xinhua offers the formulation by which the Communist Party of China intends to govern between now and 2025.
Among the tech-related plans are promotion of technological innovation, using digital technology to widen channels for public participation in lawmaking, infusing government decision-making with AI and big data, and improving law enforcement using information technology.
[2]
The document also calls for electronic identity authentication and use of electronic certificates and seals – in part to help with government service delivery.
[3]
[4]
The document also calls for a review of anti-trust laws and for research on China's digital economy, plus the fields of internet finance, AI, big data, and cloud computing. That research should "fill in the shortcomings and ensure the healthy development of new business forms and new models with good laws and good governance".
[5]Chinese state media describes gaming as 'spiritual opium' that stunts education and destroys families
[6]Huawei to America: You're not taking cyber-security seriously until you let China vouch for us
[7]Communism never looked so good: China cracks down on pop-up ads
That's all but an admission that China's big technology companies have run ahead of local laws. Beijing has cracked down on Ant Group's finance ambitions and reined in the activities of other web giants – for reasons ranging from monopolistic tendencies to corrupting youth with computer games, offering smutty apps, loose data security, allowing offshore entities to access Chinese citizens' personal data, and even [8]inappropriate karaoke .
The Council and Committee also call for improved government inspection capabilities, to ensure Beijing stays on top of organisations' activities.
The document's final point is that China needs better "public opinion propaganda" and research institutions that educate the public about how well the nation is governed.
[9]
Which seemingly guarantees the success of the policies the document outlines – regardless of their effectiveness. ®
Get our [10]Tech Resources
[1] http://www.xinhuanet.com/2021-08/11/c_1127752490.htm
[2] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/legal&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YRTxXpCeJW0mXzoPBVEy5AAAAEg&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
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[5] https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/04/china_gaming_spiritual_opium/
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/02/huawei_security_advice_to_usa/
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/30/china_popups_crackdown/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/12/china_karaoke_and_drinking_crackdowns/
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[10] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Adelio
Because only China's party is allowed to make descisions and it's people are just pawns told what to do by the party.
I double there are more than half a dozen people in China making any serious descisions
China needs better "public opinion propaganda"
Pascal Monett
The word "propaganda" is unfortunate.
Propaganda means fake news, falsehoods erected into fact, and brainwashing of the public so everyone believes it.
China does not need better propaganda, no one does.
China, and every other country, needs journalists that can tell the actual truth without fear of reprisal.
If your news is filled with truth, you don't need propaganda.
Re: China needs better "public opinion propaganda"
elsergiovolador
People should also be taught in schools what propaganda is, how to recognise it, how to recognise that someone is trying to manipulate you and how to improve critical thinking skills and finally how to assess quality of information.
Re: China needs better "public opinion propaganda"
Julz
Propaganda isn't necessarily fake, indeed it's works far better if it is demonstrably true. The female dog is that truth is somewhat mutable.
Theatre
elsergiovolador
Even more theatre for the west. At least we don't have to pay much for the tickets.
Between now and 2025?
Isn't that a rather short outlook for a society which famously considers hundreds of years as mid-term?