Unveiling 41 Official Data Terms: What They Mean for China’s Data Infrastructure
This article compiles the official definitions released by China’s National Data Bureau and other agencies for 41 data‑related terms, explains the concepts of data infrastructure, privacy‑preserving computing, trusted data spaces, and blockchain, and outlines how these definitions guide the nation’s data‑driven development strategy.
Official Data Terminology
The National Data Bureau has published official definitions for 41 data‑related terms, covering basic concepts such as data, raw data, data resources, data assets, data products, data markets, data flow, data processing, and security.
Data Infrastructure and Governance
National data infrastructure is defined as a new‑type foundation that provides services for data collection, aggregation, transmission, processing, circulation, and security, integrating hardware, software, algorithms, standards, and mechanisms. It supports the national data market, data‑driven production factors, and high‑quality digital economic development.
Privacy‑Preserving Computing and Trusted Data Space
Key technologies include privacy‑preserving computing, blockchain, and data usage control. Privacy‑preserving computing enables analysis without exposing raw data through secure multi‑party computation, federated learning, trusted execution environments, and homomorphic encryption. Trusted data spaces provide a controlled environment for data sharing, ensuring "usable but invisible" data, with capabilities for trustworthy governance, resource interaction, and value co‑creation.
Practical Solutions
Practical implementations comprise Trusted Data Space, Data Field ("Shuchang"), Data Network, and Data Components, each offering standardized, secure, and interoperable services for data exchange, processing, and monetization.
Security Technologies
Data security technologies cover the entire data lifecycle, including backup, encryption, leakage detection, monitoring, access control, anonymization, watermarking, and security situational awareness.
Key Infrastructure Definitions (Selected)
New‑type Information Infrastructure: 5G, fiber broadband, backbone networks, data centers, AI, blockchain, quantum computing.
Intelligent Computing Center (AI Computing Center): Provides AI‑specific compute, data, and algorithm services.
Supercomputing Center: Large‑scale computing resources for scientific and industrial applications.
Edge Data Center: Small, locally deployed data centers to reduce latency.
Blockchain Infrastructure: Open‑source platforms, public chains, cross‑chain services.
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