4 BEIJING REVIEW APRIL 20, 2017 http://www.bjreview.com
THIS WEEK
Data Export Control
Chinese citizensí personal informa-
tion and important data collected by
Internet service providers may need
evaluation and permission before
being shared with non-domestic
entities.
Such information should stay
within China and be subject to
security assessment before being
provided to anyone outside China,
according to a draft guideline re-
leased on April 11 for public opinion
by the Cyberspace Administration of
China.
To export personal information,
the collector must get consent from
the individual concerned, the draft
says.
For data related to national
security, the economy or public
interest, such as information on
nuclear facilities, the armed forces or
public health, the collector should
coordinate a security evaluation with
the authorities.
The evaluation will ensure
online data is managed legally, the
guideline said.Leaving Big Cities
A newspaper survey has found that
many young people who have
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would like to return to their home-
towns.
According to the China Youth
Daily survey published on April 11,Cloud Computing
Aim
A new government plan aims to
increase the scale of the cloud
computing industry by more than 2.
times from 2015 levels by 2019.
The scale will be expanded to
430 billion yuan ($62.29 billion) by
2019, up from 150 billion yuan ($
billion) in 2015, according to the
action plan for 2017-19 issued by the
Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology.
Other targets include making
breakthroughs in core technolo-
gies, increasing cloud computing
in manufacturing and government
affairs, and strengthening the global
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ing companies.
The ministry expects that two
to three Chinese cloud computing
companies will lead the global
market within three years.
Cloud computing should be a
strong support for Chinaís manu-
facturing and Internet industries
and help make other social and
economic sectors informationized,
the ministry said.
The ministry will enhance cloud
computing network security and
improve security regulation and rel-
evant laws, as many users from key
industries are still hesitating to take
the plunge due to concerns about
safety, reliability and movability.
In the next three years, the
Central Government will encourage
local governments to work with
leading cloud computing companies
to build public service platforms.
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cial services and personnel training,
as well as efforts for the branding of
current enterprises and products.Tackling Obesity
Chinese scientists have extracted
a medicinal compound from the
natural herb tripterygium wilfodii,
popularly known as thunder god
vine in Chinese, which boosts cell
metabolism and could help tackle
obesity.XINHUA
54 percent of respondents said they
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back home.
The 2,000 respondents are/
were working or studying in Beijing,
Shanghai, Guangzhou or Shenzhen.
Youngsters from Chinaís
eastern coastal areas were the most
likely to return home, with 63.
percent indicating they would like
to do so.
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in job opportunities, but many mi-
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due to soaring housing prices and
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Undergraduate students are
also voicing concerns as to whether
they can remain in cosmopolitan
cities after graduation.SOCIETY
Getting a Head Start
A Miao woman gets ready to take part in the Sistersí Festival in Taijiang, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong
Autonomous Prefecture in southwest Chinaís Guizhou Province, on April 10. The ethnic festival, regarded as the Miao
ethnic groupís Valentineís Day, is held annually around the 15th day of the third lunar month.