China will set up a national Data authority, downsizing and strengthening of personnel in central state enterprises science Ministry in Comprehensive renovation as Beijing presses for tech self-reliance in the sector.
Beijing is pumping resources into manufacturing and research Capabilities in the face of Tight restrictions on local tech by the United States and its Western allies.
and a broad restructuring document announced by the Chinese Cabinet on Tuesday will focus the ministry of Science and technology resources on Coordination of “Scientific and Technological Achievements”.
Beijing will also set up a national Data management responsible for Supervising digital economy, in addition to reducing the number of workers in central state institutions by 5%.
editors-up The number of employees will be reallocated towardskey domains and important workaccording to the plan.
China rubber stamp parliament It is expected to approve the plan at its annual session national The meeting – known as “lianghui” or “two sittings” – which concludes up on Monday.
Under the plan, the science The Ministry will delegate its current responsibilities for rural f social development etc ministriesAnd instead improve its management of the whole series of science And technology innovation.”
the new national Data management will coordinate use of digital data, incl in “smart cities” added.
the plan also It replaces the current banking and insurance regulator in China with a new body Merge some functions from its center bank And the supervision of securities, and strengthen supervision over the financial section.
self-reliance
President Xi Jinping pledged earlier this month to boost the country’s manufacturing capacity, telling delegates of the two sessions, “We must rely on ourselves.”
Face with increasingly hostile international environment and lagging growth in homeBeijing also wrestle with shifted by global Companies away from Chinese factories to manufacturers in countries Like India and Vietnam.
Shi told the delegates of the two sessions on On Sunday, China should develop “innovative, coordinated, green, open and sharing” high-quality manufacturing.
This yearParliament meeting after a key Communist Party meeting last year which secured Xi another five years head of the party and the military.
Xi is expected to be reappointed as president in the two terms.
Changhao Wei, a fellow in the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School, told AFP that Tuesday’s restructuring followed “practically unwritten rule That this should happen in start of each governmentfiveyear term. “
A broader plan is expected to be drawn up after the two sessions are over next week, with Wei added, “That’s for sure possibleand even more likely, that the party (and Xi personally) will confirm more control as part of this round of Restructuring.”
But Tom Nonlist, policy analyst in research Trivium China said in Tweet that creation of the national Data management “look like will do nothing to clear up All the confusion about data security compliance.” in China.
