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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on Tuesday (8th) at the Global Digital Governance Seminar, proposed global data security initiatives to countries.The initiative calls for rationally looking at data security issues and prevent illegal collection of national information.The Wall Street Journal quoted sources as saying that China proposed that this initiative aims to deal with the Clean Network Program proposed by US Secretary of State Pompeo.The initiative has just been publicly proposed that it is unknown whether the international will respond positively, but the focus of its content is precisely for the data security issues that the international, especially the European concerns.The global data security initiative seems to be a new key to China's global layout.
Global data security initiative (hereinafter referred to as the initiative) has eight points, which are one) to treat data security rationally, maintain the global supply chain, and second) against the use of information technology to destroy other countries' infrastructure and stole important data; 3) prevent and stop infringementPersonal information behavior shall not abuse information technology to monitor large -scale monitoring of other countries, or illegally collect personal information of citizens of other countries; 4) Enterprises requiring enterprises to respect local laws and must not be forced abroad must store data in their own country;Sovereignty; 6) Obtain cross -border data through judicial assistance to resolve law enforcement; 7) Information technology and services should not set up back doors, illegally obtain user data; 8) Enterprises must not use users' dependence on products to obtain unfair interests.
Emphasize multi -poleism and specific interests
It is estimated that many people with prejudice to China will make fun of the content of the initiative and think that China is not qualified to talk about data security at all.However, the United States, who had been listening to leaders of the leaders in the Snowden incident, was not a net network plan, so it was ridiculous about prejudice.How to respond to the data security initiative of China and the United States, which are affected by many factors, it is difficult to assert at such early stages.However, if the content of China's initiative is compared with the content of the net plan in the United States, it is not difficult to find that the content of the initiative is far more than the empty net net plan to propose more specific issues of international concern.
The US net net plan does not have specific policies and content, nor does it see that it is targeted at specific security issues, but just a generalized exposition of threats to China.The so -called cleanliness is measured by the standards of the United States.The route of Jingwang is the thinking of the Cold War era, that is, establish a confrontation camp to distinguish the enemy and me as a distinction.The Cold War treatment method is the consistent practice of the United States in dealing with China -US wrestling diplomacy.China's initiative is also in line with its other diplomatic concepts. It does not follow the Cold War back of the establishment of a camp confrontation, but emphasizes multi -poleism and specific interests.
More importantly, the initiative mentioned a lot of specific data security issues.The first point belongs to the principle of principle, and the second and third points emphasize the opposition to theft of other countries or to make large -scale monitoring of the people of other countries.China proposed that it is not a specific country, and of course it includes China itself.Such an initiative is difficult to oppose in principle, and it also meets the EU standards that have always emphasized the rules.In contrast, although the United States often accuses the security threat of other countries, it has never promised that it will not steal information of other countries or monitor other peoples.The work involved in the United States Central Love (CIA) is carried out without transparency.
In addition, the fourth point mentioned that it is necessary to respect the laws of other countries, and it is even more targeted that it is not forced to require that the data from overseas to store the data generated and obtained overseas in their own territory is even more targeted.Regarding the monitoring of the people of other countries and the deposit of data back to the country, it has always been a problem that the European Union is very concerned about, and it is also the biggest difference from the United States.In 2018, the EU's general data protection specifications (GDPR) officially took effect, which improved the information security requirements of protecting citizens in the EU region. There were stricter regulations for export information. One of them targeted the target was the United States.In July of this year, the European courts also ruled that the EU MDash, which allows multinational companies to store data related to European business in the United States; the US Private Stability Shield Agreement is invalid, and it has been directly targeted at Facebook, Google and other companies in the United States.The habit of the United States stored.The seventh point is mentioned that it cannot be set up illegally collecting user information. This is also a place where American companies such as Facebook are often questioned by Europe.At the eighth point, the idea of obtaining unfair interests and the idea of the EU's digital tax on science and technology companies.
This initiative coincides with some specific issues that Europe cares about. In addition, its communiqué is after Wang Yi's trip to Europe. Whether it is a large layout in China is worth pondering.Behind the political discourse, including economic interests and data security, Chinese diplomatic strategies are fighting everywhere in Europe. It is also a key itchy place for the same feelings.
