Recently the 2018 Jing An International Big Data Forum was held at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. The Forum, themed “Big Data and Urban Intelligence – Data Aggregation Contributes to Intelligent Cities”, was jointly hosted by the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Internet Information Office, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government.

Watson & Band’s Senior Partner and Professor from ECUPL, Mr. Fuping Gao, and Watson & Band’s Partner, Ms. Cathy Wu, attended the Forum and participated in three sessions on the agenda. First, they published the Best Practice Initiative on Protection for Data Circulation and Personal Information, which was designed to push forward the legislation progress concerning personal information and privacy. Second, they participated in the workshop themed “Data Opening and Cross-border Data Circulation”, which aimed to formulate regulations applicable for all data controllers, a unified list of information prohibited from exportation, different regulatory policies for departures, and rules on protection and utilization of personal data. Third, they attended the sessions entitled “Urban Intelligence Innovative Projects Sharing Session” and “Healthcare Information Protection and Data Circulation” that involved regulations on personal information protection, data circulation and healthcare information treatment.