China tech industry

Chen Gang will likely enter the Politburo in 2027. His experience governing technoindustrial clusters will be a valuable skill set for top governance positions through the 2020s.

China first dedicated law on personal data protection will have a global impact.

The law would impose some of the world’s strictest controls on private sector handling of information about individuals.

As if the existing tech crackdown wasn’t sufficient, China just rolled out new regulations for internet insurance companies.

The Chinese government risks becoming the primary obstacle to the advancement of the internet industry in China.

The flurry of tech industry regulations follows China’s typical pattern of regulatory crackdown on a sector that has been allowed to grow over time.

Beijing’s latest move is a response to long-held public grievances about educational inequality and the resulting pressure to keep up.

Micromanaging a technology ecosystem is enormously complex and difficult, even for a bureaucracy the size of the Chinese government.

Just days after a massive IPO, Chinese regulators came down hard on Didi.

Alongside more coercive measures, China’s government also uses financial incentives to ensure that private firms prioritize China’s technological goals, including in AI.

Chinese start-ups are no longer content to focus on the domestic audience, but are targeting global reach from day one.