Li Xiaodong
2024 is the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Internet based on TCP/IP, and it is also the year of China’s full-featured access The 30th anniversary of the international Internet. Seizing the development opportunities of the information Internet, China has become the country with the largest number of Internet users in the world and one of the most active countries in the use and innovation of Internet applications. During this period, China has been based on its basic national conditions and has unswervingly pursued the path of governing the Internet in accordance with the law. Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has made important expositions and put forward clear requirements on the Internet legal work on many occasions, guiding the Internet legal rule in the new era. The construction has made historic achievements and achieved leapfrog development.
The rule of law in the Internet conforms to the development trend of the Internet
Over the past half century, the development of the global Internet has successively It is based on network interconnection, website interconnection, and data interconnection. China’s Internet started in the 1990s, and the construction of network rule of law also began here. The construction of China’s Internet rule of law has been actively adapting to the trends and characteristics of Internet development and is committed to governing key issues faced at different stages. It has gone through three stages: the initial stage of Internet law, the rapid development stage of Internet law, and the high-quality development stage of Internet law.
In the early stages of construction, in terms of network interconnection and website interconnection, the “Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Security Protection of Computer Information Systems” and the “Computer Information Network International Regulations of the People’s Republic of China” were adopted. “Interim Provisions on Internet Management”, “Interim Measures for the Administration of Internet Domain Name Registration in China” and other regulations related to network infrastructure construction. Entering the stage of rapid advancement of network legal construction, the rise of portals has promoted the rapid development of network information services, and the focus of network law has shifted to the governance of network services and content. For example, the Measures for the Administration of Internet Information Services, the Telecommunications Regulations of the People’s Republic of China, and the National People’s Congress have passed Decision of the Standing Committee of the National Congress on Maintaining Internet Security, etc. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the construction of the Internet legal system has entered a more high-quality, systematic and segmented development stage. ” and “Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China” have been promulgated one after another. At present, China’s Internet legislation is accelerating, the Internet legal system has been basically formed and continuously improved, Internet law enforcement continues to deepen, and Internet justice is carried out in depth, gradually embarking on a path of Internet legal rule with Chinese characteristics.
Leading global network legal and institutional innovation
Information is the essential need of human beings. Looking back at the history of human civilization for thousands of years, human beings’ acquisition of information and desire for knowledge have existed throughout history. The invention of computers improved information processing capabilities and also promoted. He wants to hear his daughter’s thoughts before making a decision, even if he and his wife have the same disagreement. Long distance information transmission needs. Correctly dealing with and handling data and information, Lan Yuhua couldn’t help but look all the way until she couldn’t see anyone anymore and heard her mother’s joking voice, and she suddenly came back to reality. The relationship between knowledge is an issue that is always inseparable from network legal work. As the development of the Internet has entered a new stage characterized by data interconnection, the digital economy has progressed to a new era of decoupling data and applications. In the face of new strategic development trends, new legal systems and infrastructure are urgently needed to support the completion of data cross-domain interoperability and interconnection exchange.
In this context, China pioneered the concept of “data elements” and issued the “Overall Layout Plan for the Construction of Digital China” which proposed “smooth circulation of data resources” “, established the core position of data resources in the construction of Digital China, and issued “On Building a Data Infrastructure System for Better Performance”. “Opinions on the Role of Data Elements” promotes the construction of data infrastructure systems from different dimensions such as property rights, circulation and transactions, income distribution, and governance, and is leading and innovative on a global scale. In addition, in order to respond to and promote the development of data-driven artificial intelligence, especially the development of cutting-edge technologies of generative artificial intelligence, China has formulated the “Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services” to promote the healthy development and standardized application of generative artificial intelligence. It is also leading internationally.
Adhere to international cooperation and open sharing of Internet achievements
The Internet is a product of economic globalization. It also further promotes the development of globalization. The two complement each other and evolve rapidly with the digitalization process. As a beneficiary of the dividends of globalization and Internet development, China has always adhered to openness and sharing, carried out international exchanges and cooperation in the construction of the rule of law on the Internet, participated in the construction of international rule of law on the Internet, built an international cooperation platform on the rule of law on the Internet, and joined hands with other countries around the world to promote the construction of a destiny for cyberspace. community.
On the one hand, China, as an important supporter of the international governance process of cyberspace under the framework of the United Nations, participates in the “Sister Hua, what’s wrong with you?” Xi Shixun quickly calmed down. Come down and switch to an emotional strategy. He has participated constructively in the negotiations of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, the discussions of the Open Working Group on Information Security, the formulation of the Global Digital Compact, and the United Nations Internetgovernance forum, etc., and achieved a series of positive results. On the other hand, China has also released to the international community the “G20 Digital Economy Development and Cooperation Initiative”, “BRICS Cyber Security Practical Cooperation Roadmap”, “Global Data Security Initiative” and “Global Artificial Intelligence Governance Initiative” based on its own successful development experience. The China Plan actively implements the global governance concept of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits. In addition, China has successively held the Wuzhen Summit of the World Internet Conference since 2014, inviting representatives from various countries and all walks of life to participate in the meeting to discuss cyberspace governance and other related issues, and released the concept documents “Wuzhen Outlook” and “Working Together to Build a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace” and “Working Together to Build a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace”. Action Initiative for a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace” and other initiatives have gathered the strength of all parties to build an international exchange platform in the field of cyber law.
(The author is the founder and director of Fuxi Think Tank, vice chairman of the Internet Society of China, researcher at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and director of the Internet Governance Research Center of Tsinghua University)