China - May 7 2012
Following the release of the 12th Five Year Plan by the PRC government in March 2011, on 27 March 2012, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released its detailed 12th Five Year Plan on, amongst other key areas, e-commerce.
Myanmar - April 3 2012
Recent press reports suggest that Myanmar is planning to pass a new law to liberalise its telecoms market to both private domestic and foreign operators and investors.
China - March 6 2012
The PRC Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently published a set of measures entitled "Several measures on regulating the internet information service market" to regulate certain misbehaviours of internet information service providers in China and their use of personal data.
Hong Kong - January 9 2012
On 12 December 2011, the Hong Kong Food and Health Bureau launched a two-month public consultation on the Legal, Privacy and Security Framework for a territory-wide patient-orientated Electronic Health Record (eHR) Sharing System as part of a proposed reform of the Hong Kong healthcare system.
China - October 19 2011
On 16 June 2011, it was widely reported in the press that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology was in the process of drafting a proposal which would see private sector permitting to invest in certain basic telecom business
