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title_en: "Regulations on the Sharing of Government Data"
title_zh: "政务数据共享条例"
hierarchy: "regulation"
issuing_body: "State Council"
adopted_date: 2025-05-09
effective_date: 2025-08-01
status: "effective"
related_laws: ["dsl", "network-data-security-regulations"]
domains: ["data-security", "personal-information"]
url: https://datacompliancechina.com/laws/government-data-sharing-regulations/
summary: "The first comprehensive State Council regulation specifically governing the sharing of government data across agencies. Establishes the unified national government-data sharing platform, defines responsibilities of the National Data Administration, sets data quality and security requirements, and addresses personal-information and important-data handling within the government-data context."
---
**Promulgated by:** State Council.  
**Document No.:** Decree No. 809 of the State Council.  
**Adopted at the 59th executive meeting of the State Council on May 9, 2025. Effective August 1, 2025.**

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## Chapter I General Provisions

**Article 1.** This Regulation is enacted in accordance with the Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China, the Data Security Law of the People's Republic of China, the Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China and other laws in order to promote the safe, orderly and efficient sharing and utilization of government data, improve the government's digital governance capacity and the efficiency of government services and comprehensively build a digital government.

**Article 2.** This Regulation apply to the government data sharing between government departments and organizations with the function of administering public affairs as authorized by laws and regulations (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "government departments") as well as the relevant security, supervision, administration and other work.

**Article 3.** For the purpose of this Regulation, the term "government data" refers to all kinds of data collected and generated by government departments in the course of performing their duties in accordance with the law, excluding the data that are state secrets or work secrets. For the purpose of this Regulation, the term "government data sharing" refers to the use of the government data of other government departments or the provision of government data for other government departments by the government departments as needed for performing their duties in accordance with the law.

**Article 4.** Government data sharing shall adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China, implement the overall concept of national security, coordinate development and security in an overall manner and follow the principles of overall coordination, unified standards, lawful sharing, reasonable use, and controllable security.

**Article 5.** Those who carry out the work of government data sharing shall abide by laws and regulations and fulfill the obligation of government data security protection and may not endanger national security or public interests or damage the legitimate rights and interests of citizens, legal persons or other organizations.

**Article 6.** The State shall establish a standard system for government data sharing to promote the standardization and normalization of government data sharing.

**Article 7.** The State encourages management innovation, institutional innovation and technological innovation in the field of government data sharing, so as to continuously improve the efficiency, application level and security guarantee capacity of government data sharing.

## Chapter II Management System

**Article 8.** People's governments at all levels shall strengthen the organization and leadership over government data sharing. The competent department of government data sharing under the State Council is responsible for coordinating the promotion of national government data sharing. The competent department of government data sharing under a local people's government at or above the county level is responsible for coordinating the promotion of government data sharing within its administrative region. All departments under the State Council are responsible for their government data sharing and coordinating and guiding the government data sharing within their respective industries and fields.

**Article 9.** The competent department of government data sharing shall, in concert with other government departments, study the major matters and important work in government data sharing, summarize and promote the typical cases and experience in government data sharing and coordinate and promote the safe, orderly and efficient sharing and use of government data across levels, regions, systems, departments and businesses.

**Article 10.** Government departments shall implement their primary responsibilities for government data sharing, establish and perfect their own working systems for government data sharing and organize the study and resolution of major issues in government data sharing.

**Article 11.** Government departments shall specify a working body for government data sharing. The working body for government data sharing shall be responsible for the specific work of government data sharing and perform the following duties: (1) Organizing the preparation, updating and maintenance of the directory of government data of the departments;

(2) Organizing to file applications for sharing their government data, organizing the examination of applications for sharing their government data and coordinating and sharing their government data;

(3) Ensuring that the government data provided thereby meet the standards and specifications for government data sharing;

(4) Organizing the filing or handling of applications for verification of the government data involved;

(5) Establishing and perfecting the data security and personal information protection system with regard to the government data sharing in the departments and organizing security assessments of the government data sharing; and

(6) Other work of the departments related to government data sharing.

## Chapter III Directory Management

**Article 12.** Government data shall be subject to unified directory management. The competent department of government data sharing under the State Council shall formulate the standards and specifications for preparation of the directory of government data and organize the preparation of the national directory of government data. The competent department of government data sharing under the local people's government at or above the county level shall organize the preparation of the directory of government data within its administrative region. A government department shall, according to its own duties and in accordance with the standards and specifications for preparing the directory of government data, prepare its own directory of government data.

**Article 13.** When preparing a directory of government data, a government department shall assess confidentiality risk, the impact of personal information protection, etc. in accordance with the law and obtain the approval of the department head. The directory of government data shall specify such information as the name of the data directory, data items, supplier, data format, data update frequency, sharing attribute, sharing mode, conditions for use, and data classification and grading.

**Article 14.** Government data shall be classified into three categories according to the sharing attributes, namely, unconditional sharing, conditional sharing and non-shareable: (1) The government data which can be provided for sharing and use among all government departments are subject to unconditional sharing;

(2) The government data which can be provided for sharing and use among relevant government departments according to certain conditions are subject to conditional sharing; and

(3) The government data which cannot be provided for sharing and use among other government departments as explicitly provided by laws, administrative regulations and decisions of the State Council are non-shareable.

**Article 15.** Government departments shall scientifically and reasonably determine the attributes of government data sharing and may not hinder or affect the sharing of government data by arbitrarily imposing additional conditions. For government data subject to conditional sharing, the government departments shall specify the scope of sharing, purposes of use and other conditions for sharing and use in the directory of government data. For government data that are non-shareable, the government departments shall specify the reasons in the directory of government data and specify the basis of the corresponding laws, administrative regulations and decisions of the State Council.

**Article 16.** A government department shall submit the directory of government data prepared to the competent department of government data sharing at the same level for examination. The competent department of government data sharing shall, upon examination and approval, notify the government department in a unified manner. The government department shall, by reference to the directory of government data released in a unified manner, enrich the government data resources, ensure the quality of government data and share government data in accordance with the law. 2 Article 17 The directory of government data shall be dynamically updated. Where the directory of government data needs to be updated correspondingly due to the adjustment to laws, administrative regulations, decisions of the State Council or the change in duties of a government department, the government department shall, within ten working days from the date of occurrence of the adjustment or change, complete the update of the directory of government data and submit the same to the competent department of government data sharing at the same level for examination. Where the updating period needs to be extended due to special reasons, upon consent by the competent department of government data sharing at the same level, an extension of five working days may be granted. The competent department of government data sharing shall, within two working days from the date of receipt of the updated directory of government data, complete the examination and release the same.

## Chapter IV Sharing and Use

**Article 18.** Government departments shall establish a sound whole-process quality management system for government data, improve the quality management capability for government data and strengthen the standardized management of collection, storage, processing, transmission, sharing, use, destruction, etc. of government data.

**Article 19.** Government departments shall collect government data in accordance with statutory authorities, procedures, standards and norms. Where the government data obtained through sharing are sufficient to satisfy the needs for duty performance, the government departments shall not repetitively collect data from citizens, legal persons or other organizations. Where the collection of government data involves more than one government department, the competent department of government data sharing shall clarify the government department taking the lead in the collection and designate the same as the data source department. The data source department shall strengthen coordination, cooperation and information communication with other relevant government departments, timely improve and update government data, ensure the completeness, accuracy and availability of government data and provide government data sharing services in a unified manner.

**Article 20.** The competent department of government data sharing shall establish a supply and demand matching mechanism for government data sharing and clarify the workflow. A government data demand department shall, as required for performing its duties, file an application for government data sharing according to the unified directory of government data released and upon the approval of the person-in-charge of the working body for government data sharing according to the law, specifying the basis, scenario, scope of use, sharing mode, time limit for use, etc. and ensure the authenticity, legality and necessity of the application for government data sharing. A government data supply department shall, within the time limit prescribed in Article 21 hereof, review the application for government data sharing filed by the government data demand department and give a reply upon the approval of the person-in-charge of the working body for government data sharing.

**Article 21.** Where the government data applied for sharing by a government data demand department are subject to unconditional sharing, the government data supply department shall give a reply within one working day from the date of receipt of the application for sharing of government data; if the government data are subject to conditional sharing, the government data supply department shall, within ten working days from the date of receipt of the application for sharing of government data, give a reply on whether to approve the sharing or not. Where the reply period needs to be extended due to special reasons, the government data supply department shall report to the competent department of government data sharing at the same level for approval and inform the government data demand department that the extension shall not exceed ten working days. If the application materials submitted by the government data demand department are incomplete, the government data supply department shall inform it of the materials to be supplemented in a one-off manner and shall not directly reject the application. Where the government data supply department disagrees on sharing, it shall state the reasons. 20

**Article 22.** The government data supply department shall share the government data within 20 working days from the date when the reply on approval for sharing is made. The government data supply department may share the government data with the government data demand department through service interface, batch exchange, file downloading or otherwise.

**Article 23.** The State encourages government departments at all levels to optimize the review process for government data sharing and shorten the time for review and provision of shared government data.

**Article 24.** A government department at a higher level shall, based on the needs of performing duties by the government department at a lower level and under the premise of ensuring the security of government data, timely and completely return the government data collected and generated by the business information system within the administrative region of the government at a lower level and effectively conduct system connection and business collaboration, and may not set additional restrictive conditions. After obtaining the returned government data, the government department at a lower level shall share and use the data as required for performing duties and ensure the security of the relevant government data.

**Article 25.** Government departments that obtain government data through sharing shall not expand the scope of use or use such data for any other purpose directly or in a disguised manner without authorization, nor shall they provide the government data obtained to any third party without authorization. Where there is a genuine need to expand the scope of use, use the data for any other purpose or provide the data to any third party, the consent from the government data supply department shall be obtained. The competent department of government data sharing and other government departments shall take measures to prevent the risk of leakage due to the convergence and correlation of government data. 10 Article 26 The competent department of government data sharing under the State Council shall establish an overall system for verification and correction of government data. Government departments shall, in accordance with their respective duties, establish verification and correction rules and provide correction channels for government data. The government data demand department shall record the use status of government data. If any government data is found to be inaccurate or incomplete, the said department shall file an application for verifying the government data with the government data supply department in a timely manner. The government data supply department shall, within ten working days from the date of receipt of the application for verifying the government data, verify, correct and provide feedback on the verification and handling results.

**Article 27.** For the government data obtained by a government data demand department through sharing, if the purpose of sharing has been achieved, cannot be achieved or such data is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose of sharing, such data shall be properly disposed of as required by the government data supply department. Where a government data demand department uses the government data beyond the scope of use or the purpose of sharing without authorization or provides the government data to any third party without authorization, the competent department of government data sharing or the government data supply department shall suspend its authority of government data sharing and urge it to make rectification within a prescribed time limit. If it refuses to do so or the rectification is not made as required, the sharing may be terminated. The government data supply department shall not terminate or change the government data sharing services already provided without justifiable reasons. Where there is a genuine need to terminate or change the services, the government data supply department shall consult with the government data demand department and file with the competent department of government data sharing at the same level for the record.

**Article 28.** The competent department of government data sharing shall establish and improve a dispute resolution mechanism for government data sharing. Any dispute over government data sharing between the government data demand department and the government data supply department at the same level shall be resolved through consultation; if such consultation fails, an application shall be submitted to the competent department of government data sharing at the same level for coordination and settlement under procedures. Any dispute arising from cross-level or cross-regional government data sharing shall be coordinated and settled by the common competent department of government data sharing at a higher level. In case of failure to reach an agreement upon coordination and settlement by the competent department of government data sharing, such dispute shall be reported to the people's government at the counterpart level in charge of the competent department of government data sharing for decision. 3 Article 29 The competent department of government data sharing shall supervise and inspect the government data sharing and may circulate a notice on any violation of this Regulation. The government data demand department shall record the use scenario, use process, application effect, storage and destruction of the shared government data and keep relevant records for not less than three years. The competent department of government data sharing and the government data supply department may consult the relevant records of the government data demand department. Where it is otherwise provided for by laws and administrative regulations, such provisions shall prevail.

## Chapter V Platform Support

**Article 30.** The State coordinates the development of data infrastructure, improves the government data security protection capability and integrates and builds an integrated national government big data system featuring unified standards, reasonable layout, collaborative management, security and reliability. The competent department of government data sharing under the State Council shall coordinate the development and management of the integrated national government big data system and is responsible for integrating and building the national government big data platform to achieve interconnection with the government data platforms of the relevant departments under the State Council and the government data platforms in various regions so as to provide platform support for government data sharing. The competent departments of government data sharing under local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the development and management of the government data platforms within their respective administrative regions and share government data with towns (streets) and villages (communities) as needed. The development and optimization of their respective government data platforms by the relevant departments of the State Council may support the government data sharing in the relevant industries and fields. Those that have not established a government data platform may share their government data through the national government big data platform.

**Article 31.** The government data platforms that have been established by government departments shall be included in the integrated national government big data system. Unless otherwise stipulated by laws and administrative regulations, it is prohibited, in principle, to carry out cross-level, cross-regional, cross-system, cross-departmental or cross-business government data sharing through the newly established government data sharing and exchange system.

**Article 32.** Government departments shall carry out the relevant work on government data sharing through the integrated national government big data system.

**Article 33.** The State encourages and supports the application of big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, block chain and other new technologies in government data sharing.

## Chapter VI Supporting Measures

**Article 34.** The competent department of government data sharing shall, in concert with the cyberspace, public security, state security, secrecy administration, and cryptography administration departments at the same level, promote the development of the security management system for government data sharing under the classified and graded data protection system, clarify the security responsibility subjects for all stages of government data sharing and urge the fulfillment of security management responsibilities for government data sharing under the principle of "those who manage and use data shall be responsible". Where, in the process of using the government data shared according to the law, any government data are tampered with, destroyed, divulged or illegally used, the government data demand department shall assume the responsibility of security management.

**Article 35.** Government departments shall establish and improve the security management system for government data sharing, implement the primary responsibilities for security management of the government data sharing and the requirements for classified and graded management of government data and ensure the security of government data sharing. Government departments shall adopt technical measures and other necessary measures to prevent government data from being tampered with, destroyed, divulged, or illegally obtained or illegally used. Government departments shall strengthen the security risk monitoring of government data, and when a government data security incident occurs, immediately initiate the emergency plan, take corresponding emergency response measures, prevent the expansion of harm, eliminate security hazards and report the incident to the relevant competent department as required.

**Article 36.** Where a government department entrusts another party to participate in the construction, operation, maintenance of a government informatization project, or storage and processing of government data, it shall perform the approval procedures in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State, specify the work specifications and standards and take necessary technical measures to supervise the entrusted party in fulfilling the corresponding obligation of government data security protection. The entrusted party shall, in accordance with the provisions of laws, administrative regulations and contractual agreements, perform the obligation of government data security protection, and shall not access, obtain, retain, use, divulge or provide others with government data without authorization. The development and management entity of a government data platform shall, in accordance with the provisions of laws, administrative regulations and the compulsory requirements of national standards, ensure the safe and stable operation of the platform and maintain the security of government data.

**Article 37.** Government departments and their staff shall abide by the Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China, the Administrative Regulation on Network Data Security and other laws and administrative regulations when carrying out government data sharing activities involving personal information. Citizens, legal persons and other organizations have the right to complain or report the acts infringing upon their legitimate rights and interests in the process of government data sharing, and the government departments receiving the complaints or reports shall promptly handle them as required.

**Article 38.** People's governments at or above the county level shall include the funds required for government data sharing in their budgets. People's governments at or above the county level and their relevant departments shall implement whole-process budget performance management of the funds relating to government data sharing. Government data sharing shall be taken as an important basis for determining the construction investment, operation and maintenance funds and post-project assessment results of government informatization projects. The competent department of government data sharing shall strengthen the supervision over the timeliness and quality of data sharing by the government data supply departments within its jurisdiction, the application of data by government data demand departments and security supporting measures and report the same to the people's government at the counterpart level.

## Chapter VII Legal Liability

**Article 39.** Where any government data supply department violates the provisions hereof and falls under any of the following circumstances, the competent department of government data sharing at the same level shall order it to make corrections; if it refuses to make corrections or the circumstances are serious, the responsible leader and the directly liable personnel shall be punished according to the law: (1) Failing to prepare or update the directory of government data as required;

(2) Hindering or affecting the sharing of government data by imposing additional conditions without authorization or by other means;

(3) Failing to cooperate with the data source department in timely improvement and updating of government data;

(4) Failing to give a reply to the application for sharing government data on time or failing to share government data on time without a justified reason;

(5) Failing to return the government data within the administrative region of the government at a lower level, which is collected or generated by the business information system, to the government department at a lower level as required;

(6) Failing to verify and correct data upon receipt of the application for verifying the government data on time;

(7) Terminating or modifying the government data sharing services already provided without authorization;

(8) Failing to include the government data platform that has been built in the integrated national government big data system as required; or

(9) Other circumstances in violation of the provisions hereof.

**Article 40.** Where any government data demand department violates the provisions hereof and falls under any of the following circumstances, the competent department of government data sharing at the same level shall order it to make corrections; if it refuses to make corrections or the circumstances are serious, the responsible leader and the directly liable personnel shall be punished according to the law: (1) Repeatedly collecting the government data that can be obtained through sharing;

(2) Using the government data obtained through sharing beyond the scope of use or the purpose of sharing without authorization;

(3) Providing the government data obtained through sharing to a third party without authorization;

(4) Failing to properly dispose of the government data obtained through sharing as required when the purpose of sharing has been achieved, or cannot be achieved, or the data is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose of sharing;

(5) Failing to keep the relevant records of government data obtained through sharing as required;

(6) Failing to perform the responsibility for security management of government data obtained through sharing; or

(7) Other circumstances in violation of the provisions hereof.

**Article 41.** Where any competent department of government data sharing violates the provisions hereof and falls under any of the following circumstances, the people's government at the counterpart level or the competent department at a higher level shall order it to make corrections; if it refuses to make corrections or the circumstances are serious, the responsible leader and the directly liable personnel shall be punished according to the law: (1) Failing to clarify the data source department as required;

(2) Failing to coordinate and handle the disputes over government data sharing as required; or

(3) Other circumstances in violation of the provisions hereof.

**Article 42.** Where any government department or any staff member thereof divulges, sells or illegally provides others with personal privacy, personal information, trade secrets or confidential business information that has come to its/his/her knowledge in the process of government data sharing or neglects its/his/her duties, abuses its/his/her power or plays favoritism and commits irregularities in the sharing of government data, it/he/she shall be punished according to the law; if a crime is constituted, it/he/she shall be investigated for criminal liability according to the law.

## Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions

**Article 43.** The State promotes data sharing between government departments and other state organs as required for performing their respective duties by reference to the provisions hereof. 2025 8 1 Article 44 The present Regulation shall come into force as of 1 August 2025. PAGE/NUMPAGES PAGE/NUMPAGES