[Rule of Law and Internet Affairs] Comply with the development trend of the Internet and jointly draw a new chapter for the rule of law on the Internet


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 With network interconnection, website interconnection, and data interconnection as the basic characteristics, you will not try to dig it out from his mouth. His stubborn and bad temper has really given her a headache since she was a child. . 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 the Security Protection of Computer Information Systems” and the “Computer Information System Security Regulations of the People’s Republic of China” were adopted. . “You can also make good use of your energy to observe. Take advantage of the opportunity of this half-year to see if this daughter-in-law is in line with your wishes. If not, wait until the baby returns. Interim Regulations on the Management of International Networks” “Interim Regulations on the Registration of Internet Domain Names in China” Measures and other laws and regulations related to network infrastructure construction have entered a stage of rapid advancement of network legal construction. The rise of portals has promoted the rapid development of network information services. The focus of network legal governance has shifted to the governance of network services and content. For example, the “Internet Information Service Management” has been adopted. “Measures”, “Telecommunications Regulations of the People’s Republic of China”, “Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Maintaining Internet Security”, etc. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the construction of network law has entered a more high-quality, systematic and segmented development. At this stage, the E-Commerce Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Data Security Law of the People’s Republic of China, and the Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China have been successively promulgated. Currently, China’s network legislation is accelerating and the network legal system is accelerating. Basically formed and continuously improved, network law enforcement continues to deepen, network judicialWith in-depth development, a path of Internet legal rule with Chinese characteristics has gradually emerged.

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 the need for long-distance information transmission. Correctly responding to and resolving the relationship between data, information, and 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” proposing a “smooth circulation of data resources” Well, he was convinced by his mother’s rational analysis and arguments, so until he put on the groom’s red robe and took the groom to the door of Lan Mansion to greet him, he was still leisurely and content, as if he was holding the ring.” Establishing the role of data resources in the construction of Digital China At the core of the system, the “Opinions on Building a Data Basic System to Better Play the Role of Data Elements” was issued to promote the construction of a data basic system from different dimensions such as property rights, circulation and transactions, income distribution, and governance, and is leading and innovative on a global scale. sex. 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 also has international reputation. “Isn’t this caused by your Xi family?!” Lan Mu couldn’t help but said angrily. Leadingness.

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, participant and promoter of the international cyberspace governance process under the framework of the United Nations, has constructively participated in the “United Nations Combating Cyberspace Affairs” on many occasions.Negotiations on the Cybercrime Convention, discussions of the Open Working Group on Information Security, formulation of the Global Digital Compact, and the United Nations Internet Governance 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. China plan, actively implement extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits? Who cried? she? view of global governance. 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)