“Partner and head of Pillar Legal’s Shanghai office Chao Yu was quoted in the South China Morning Post article, “With new privacy law, China could reshape cross-border data rules similar to Europe’s GDPR”. The story discusses how China’s Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”) establishes strict data governance standards with far-reaching implications for international companies doing business in China.

Chao spoke on how China’s strict data privacy rules will further discourage Chinese companies from sharing data with overseas partners due to the steep penalties imposed by PIPL.”