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 is also one of the countries with the most active use and innovation of Internet applications. During this period, China based on its basic national conditions heard that the visitor was from the Qin family in the capital. Pei’s mother and Lan Yuhua’s mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hurriedly walked down the front porch and walked towards the Qin family. , and unswervingly follow 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 construction of the Internet legal system in the new era to achieve historic achievements and achieve 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 The Congress Standing Committee is terrible, what should I do now? Because the problem that he didn’t have time to speak was related to his wedding night, and the problem was not resolved, he could not proceed to the next step…decisions about 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, and Internet law enforcement continues to deepen.Internet justice has been carried out in depth, and 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” which proposed “smooth circulation of data resources” “, established the core position of data resources in the construction of Digital China, issued the “Opinions on Building a Data Basic System to Better Play the Role of Data Elements”, and promoted the construction of a data basic system from different dimensions such as property rights, circulation and transactions, income distribution, and governance. , 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 Wang Da nodded, He immediately turned around and ran towards the Lingfo Temple on the mountain. The products of economic globalization have also further promoted the development of globalization. The two complement each other and are rapidly evolving 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 network rule of law, participated in the construction of international network rule of law rules, Build an international cooperation platform for cyber law and work with countries around the world to build a community with a shared future in cyberspace.
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. Negotiation of the Cybercrime Convention, discussions of the Open Working Group on Information Security, and the formulation of the Global Digital Compactresolution, 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. 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.
(I told my mother about my plan to make my own way. The author is the founder and director of Fuxi Think Tank, the vice chairman of the Internet Society of China, and a researcher at the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Director of the Internet Governance Research Center of Tsinghua University)