China: China's Medical and Health data protection requirements
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
09 Jun 2021 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
China
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Drafted National Health Commission Guidelines
On 9 June 2021, the Chinese National Health Commission released the draft protection guidelines. The guidelines apply to health and medical data and introduce several localisation obligations, including the requirement for data generated and collect…
SourceEvent type
outline
Action type
drafting
Government branch
executive
Government body
other regulatory body