China’s Concerns on the Core Issues of Digital Trade

Abstract

In the current era of digital trade, more and more regional free trade agreements regulate e-commerce or cross-border flows of data, and the WTO has started plurilateral e-commerce negotiations as well. With the gradual emergence of China’s industrial advantages in the field of cross-border e-commerce, it has increasingly expressed its point of views on digital trade rules on various occasions. China is currently in RCEP and may soon join CPTPP and DEPA. Moreover, China has already put forward its claims in the WTO. However, although China has introduced a lot of laws and regulations in the field of digital law, it still needs to further improve the legal system of outbound data transfer in the future, and China needs to further clarify its position on controversial digital trade issues, striking a balance between data security and data free flow. component; digital trade;cross-border e-commerce; outbound data transfer; cross-border data flow.