The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said it was considering waiving data export security assessments for activities such as international trade, academic cooperation, cross-border manufacturing and marketing that do not contain personal information or important data.
Alex Roberts, a Shanghai-based lawyer at Linklaters, said the new rules are "a great signal for foreign investment and trade into China".
You Yunting, a lawyer with Shanghai-based DeBund Law Offices, said the new rules "represents a certain degree of relaxation in data export regulation" in China.
He added that the new rules could keep the cross-border transfer of human resources data low for companies.
The previous rules were causing consternation among international businesses in China as some fear they could be cut off from assessing their human resources data from within China.
Persons:
Alex Roberts, Brenda Goh, Josh Ye, Christina Fincher, Alison Williams
Organizations:
Cyberspace Administration of China, European, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
SHANGHAI, HONG KONG, China, Shanghai, Linklaters, Hong Kong