China takes steps to implement digital ID initiative. News. Jul 30, 2024 4 mins. ... it would not be surprising if China launches the Digital ID by the end of 2024. ...

A legal expert in China warns that a national digital ID initiative could act as a way to monitor behaviour, comparing the draft plan to the health app introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic.

China has mastered the craft of policing the internet, operating one of the world’s most extensive online censorship and surveillance regimes. With mandatory identity checks on every online platform, ...

China is preparing to launch a new state-issued national internet ID system on July 15, 2025, which will centralize user identity verification under government oversight. The system will provide users ...

China’s Proposed Nationwide Digital ID System Stokes Fears of Government Overreach. 3 minute read. Passengers use ID cards to get to Yantai Station on July 1, 2024. Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images.

Identity digitalization: How China is taking major steps to use blockchain in the government sector China's Dive Into Blockchain, Digital ID Spurs Rest of World to Action Ecosystem ...

Many countries in the developing world are grappling with financial inclusion challenges, including weak regulatory environments, lack of digital payment infrastructure (e.g., ID systems, credit ...

China will promote the digital economy and new information infrastructure under its Belt and Road Initiative, as the 10-year-old flagship multinational programme struggles with bad debts and ...

China is addressing the growing global concerns and pushback against Chinese tech companies with a set of new data security standards. The country has announced (via CNBC) a new global initiative ...

As one of China’s grand proposals within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the Digital Silk Road (DSR) project was introduced in March 2015. The DSR incorporates four interrelated, tech ...