Data-resource development
The authority coordinates policies intended to develop, circulate and use data resources as an input to economic and public activity.
01Position in the system
A development and coordination authority for data resources
The National Data Administration focuses on data-resource development, public-data use, data infrastructure and digital-economy coordination. Its role is distinct from CAC's principal cybersecurity and personal-information functions, although the same data project can engage both policy systems.
What it doesCoordinates digital-China and digital-economy planning, data-market and data-infrastructure development, and public-data sharing and utilization frameworks.
When it mattersRelevant to data-factor markets, public-data use, digital infrastructure and national data-policy questions that sit outside CAC's cybersecurity and personal-information functions.
02Jurisdiction
What falls within this authority’s remit
Separate the economic use and circulation of data from cybersecurity, personal-information protection and sector-specific confidentiality requirements.
Public data and infrastructure
Its remit includes frameworks for public-data sharing and utilization and planning for national data infrastructure.
Digital-economy coordination
The administration has a planning and coordination role for Digital China and the digital economy rather than serving as the sole regulator of every data-compliance question.
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Coordinates digital-China and digital-economy planning, data-market and data-infrastructure development, and public-data sharing and utilization frameworks.
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05Related legal concepts
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data factor
The policy treatment of data as a factor of production whose compliant development and circulation may generate economic value.
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public data
Data produced or held by public bodies in performing public functions, subject to rules on sharing, authorization and use.
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data market
Institutional and technical arrangements through which rights, products or services involving data may be supplied and exchanged.
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digital infrastructure
Computing, network, platform and data systems supporting collection, processing, circulation and use of digital resources.
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digital economy
Economic activity in which digital technologies and data play a central role in production, services and market organization.
06Primary sources
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National Data AdministrationNational data-policy, digital-economy and data-infrastructure announcements and resources
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Mandate / institutional sourceOfficial description of the administration's data-development and coordination mandate
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