If you want to understand Digital China, follow the activities of the National Data Administration (NDA).
Since becoming the primary implementing agency for the Digital China strategy in 2023, the NDA’s public events have offered valuable insights into the pace, direction, priorities, and messaging (both domestic and international) of China’s national digital agenda.
Below is a timeline of National Data Administration (NDA) events and insights.
This timeline remains a work in progress. But check back later. I have much to add, as time permits. 🤞
| Event | Why This Matters | New Insights |
|---|---|---|
| 2024.12.30: NDA issues first batch of official definitions for key terms in the data domain. | These definitions offer an early blueprint for how the Party-state intends to structure China’s data domain over the next decade. | Data Infrastructure 数据基础 | Industrial Internet 工业互联网 | Whole-of-City Digitalized Transformation 城市全域数字化转型 |
| 2024.07.03: NDA holds tutorial on green computing power for Qinghai party leaders | Beijing is now treating green computing power as a core political-economic issue, not merely an infrastructure or energy policy matter. | Eastern Data Western Computing 东数西算 | Green Computing Power 绿色算力 | National Unified Computing Power Network 全国一体化算力网 |
| 2024.06.27: NDA hosts inaugural Singapore-China Digital Policy Dialogue | The Singapore-China Digital Policy Dialogue is one of the earliest, and perhaps the first, formal bilateral policy mechanisms overseen by the NDA. | Artificial Intelligence Governance 人工智能治理 | Cross Border Data 数据跨境 | Singapore-China Digital Policy Dialogue 中新数字政策对话机制 |
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