On digital productivity base of policies for cross-border data flows between RCEP parties and its influences—Taking digital integration index as a reference

Authors

Gui HUANG, Law School, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China Faculty of Law, University of Fribourg, Fribourg CH1700, SwitzerlandFollow
Ru TAO, Law School, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China

Keywords

RCEP, cross-border data flows, digital productivity, digital economic

Document Type

Policy & Management Research

Abstract

This study reviews the newest legislation and policies of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) participating countries on cross-border data flow, and then categorized them according to the ban on data transfer, local storage of data, permission-based regulation, and standards-based regulation. By referring to the indexes in the ASEAN Digital Integration Index, the subject and object factors of digital productivity in RCEP parities are sorted out, as well as the status quo of digital economy. Through the introduction of data value chain theory, the decisive impact of digital productivity factors on the policy formulation of cross-border data flow is expounded; by invoking the discourse power theory of data, the object elements are the basis of policy making; through “data colonization”, the non-linear correlation between the digital economy and policy“freedom”is explained. Finally, this study puts forward proposals for the RCEP parties to enable the free flow of data across-borders.

First page

1168

Last Page

1176

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

HUANG, Gui and TAO, Ru (2023) "On digital productivity base of policies for cross-border data flows between RCEP parties and its influences—Taking digital integration index as a reference," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 38 : Iss. 8 , Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20221013004
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol38/iss8/7