Shanghai Cyberspace Administration and Shanghai Data Bureau issued measures to facilitate cross-border data flows to support higher-level opening, prioritizing cross-border data application scenarios for key industries. The policy adopts a scenario-d

2026-10-16

Shanghai Cyberspace Administration and Shanghai Data Bureau issued measures to facilitate cross-border data flows to support higher-level opening, prioritizing cross-border data application scenarios for key industries. The policy adopts a scenario-driven approach to pilot data circulation and reuse mechanisms, focusing on enterprise global R&D, manufacturing and supply-chain collaboration, cross-border financial risk control, and biopharma R&D. It calls for classified guidance on industry-chain coordination projects and key industry applications, permits enterprises to run controlled pilots to develop scenario-based cross-border data solutions and promote replication of mature practices, and proposes pilot programs for anonymized personal-data use in finance, trade and healthcare.