Relaxation of China Data Transfer, What Businesses Need to Know

Event Details

On Mar 22, 2024, Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released new regulations to ease compliance requirements for cross-border data transfer. The new rules exempt certain type of outbound data transfer from obtaining approval from the government. For example, contracts for cross-border activities including shopping, mailing and delivery, remittance, payment flight and hotel reservations are not required to go through a standard contract. However, there is no significant relaxation for cross-border transfer of sensitive personal information.

To learn more about how the relaxation of the data regulation has an impact on business operations, we have invited a panel of experts to discuss in depth how the new data rules affect companies' operations and advise how companies should review their compliance requirements and the associated security risks (if any).

Remarks:

The event is closed-door and held under Chatham House Rules
Members exclusive
This event will be followed by China Business Committee meeting

CBC meeting agenda:

Debrief on Shanghai Delegation
Next proposed visit: Canton Fair (Oct 15) + half-day visit to Dongguan
AOB

Speakers

George Chen

Managing Director & Co-Chair, Digital Practice of The Asia Group

Chiang Ling Li

Partner at Tiang & Partners

Baron Zhao

Senior Managing Director of FTI Consulting

Alice Li (Moderator)

Head of AMH WPB Digital Legal at HSBC

George Chen is a practitioner/scholar with over two decades of expertise across media, technology, and public policy. Currently, George is Managing Director (Head of Hong Kong and Taiwan Offices) and Co-Chair of Digital Practice for The Asia Group, advising many Fortune 500 clients on geopolitics, national security, and tech/policy related issues. Previously, George was Meta/Facebook's first and most senior policy leader for Greater China, Mongolia and Central Asia. Earlier in his career, George was in various editorial and management positions for media organizations including the South China Morning Post and Reuters.

Concurrently, George is also a Senior Fellow of Centre for Civil Society and Governance at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). George has been on the HKU faculty since March 2023. At the HKU, George co-leads the "Tech for Good" initiative and teaches "Digital Governance and Society" (POLI8034 / SLGP7018, six credits) for Master students.

George received his Master’s degree of international and public affairs (with distinction) in 2012 from the HKU where he remains a doctoral candidate for his research on misinformation. George has been named a Salzburg Global Fellow (2024), Visiting Scholar at National Chengchi University in Taipei (2023), and Yale World Fellow at Yale University (2014). He's also an awardee of Mongolian President’s “Medal of Friendship” (2022), one of the country's highest honors given to foreigners. George has been also on the Board of American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong since 2019.

Chiang Ling Li’s practice has focused on Data and Intellectual Proper law since 1994. She has been in the forefront of the law, having obtained approvals for outbound transfer of data as well as handled data breaches for multinational companies..

Chiang recently assisted a Asian government authority with the data issues relating to the establishment of a data stock exchange, advised a Middle Eastern government on putting in place a cybersecurity and data regulatory framework for that country, assisted with the legal analysis relating to possible free flow of data within the Greater Bay Area (GBA), defended a major Hong Kong health group before the Hong Kong data regulator, proceeded with security assessment by China data regulator for outbound transfer of data for multinational companies, advised a global law firm on data protection issues, advised a US alliance that brings the global community one of the world's most valued communications technologies on data vulnerability issues, and assisted a quasi government authority and an university to put in place data governance frameworks for the data from multiple jurisdictions (including the UK, Germany, France, China, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Australia, Japan, Canada and the US).

Chiang is author of China Executive Report: Intellectual Property, the China IP chapters of LexisNexis's Intellectual Property Rights, the "Anticounterfeiting and Enforcement" chapter in China's Participation in the WTO, and the China chapters in PLC Cross-border Life Sciences (2007-2012 editions), Trade Secrets Throughout the World Treatise, Patents Throughout the World, and Designs and Utility Models Throughout the World. She is also author of many articles on China IP and pharmaceutical law and practice.

Chiang was among the "A-List" of the top 100 lawyers for China (China Business Law Journal). She is also a PLC recommended lawyer in all three categories of life sciences: intellectual property, corporate and commercial (China), and corporate and commercial. Chiang also has been recognized by The International Who's Who of Life Sciences Lawyers, World Trademark Review (WTR 1000), Chambers Asia-Pacific and Chambers Global, The International Who's Who of Life Sciences Lawyers, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, IAM 1000 — The World's Leading Patent Professionals, WTR 1000 — The World's Leading Trademark Professionals, and IAM Licensing 250: The World's Leading Patent and Technology Licensing Practitioners.

Baron Zhao is a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting and is part of the Technology segment’s Asia leadership team. Mr. Zhao is based in Hong Kong and also supports the Shanghai office.

Mr. Zhao has extensive experience in digital forensics, e-discovery and information governance, and he has advised clients in a wide range of large-scale and complex matters including cross-border litigations and disputes, digital investigations, security risk assessment, incident response and regulatory inquiries across multiple jurisdictions including the United States, China and Hong Kong SAR.

Mr. Zhao has served clients across numerous sectors, including government, technology, manufacturing, gaming, financial services and life sciences.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Zhao held several leadership positions within a Big Four consulting firm in New York and Hong Kong, where he headed the firm’s U.S. e-discovery operations and later led the firm’s Hong Kong forensic technology services. He also served as the lead of the hosting services for another prominent digital forensics company in New York, where he managed a group of analysts in providing forensics, e-discovery and litigation support services.

Mr. Zhao holds an M.S. in Computer Science from New York University, and a B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from University of Science and Technology Beijing. He is fluent in English and Mandarin.

Connect with 27 people attending this event

Hub Pass Members ONLY

Free for Hub Pass holders

Please purchase a Hub Pass before selecting this ticket. If you do not have a Hub Pass, please select the standard members ticket.

Interested in attending all AmCham Hub events without buying individual tickets? No more endless, receipts and invoices! For more details contact : membership@amcham.org.hk

Member PriceComplimentary

Standard Members

Not a member? To learn about membership contact: membership@amcham.org.hk

Member PriceHKD 320

If you or your company have the Hub Pass, please ensure that you select the Hub Pass option for your registration.

AmCham HK

Contact us

Relaxation of China Data Transfer, What Businesses Need to Know

Event Details

Speakers

George Chen

Chiang Ling Li

Baron Zhao

Alice Li (Moderator)

Community

Connect with 27 people attending this event

Tickets

Hub Pass Members ONLY

Standard Members

Venue

Venue

Contact us