China’s new Automotive Data Cross-border Transfer Guidelines are most useful when read through four practical questions for industry participants: what counts as automotive data, what conduct constitutes a cross-border transfer, which transfers may now benefit from exemptions, and which categories of data remain likely to attract heightened scrutiny as important data.
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The amended Cybersecurity Law of China (CSL) entered into force on Jan. 1, 2026. These amendments, officially approved by China’s top legislature in October 2025, mark the first major changes to the law since it took effect in 2017.
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On March 22, 2024, the centralized regulator of cyber and data security, the Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC), published the Provisions on Promoting and Regulating the Cross-border Flow of Data (New Provisions), relaxing the existing requirements relating to cross-border data transfers. The New Provisions took immediate effect on March 22, 2024.