Rules Coming for Push Notification Popups
A draft regulation on internet popup push services is out for comment: no malicious gossip or vulgar content, no hijacking the close button, ads clearly labelled and one-tap closable, and no profiling minors with algorithms.
Building One National Computing Network
Eight national hub nodes, whole-system layout instead of scattered builds, and green power in the west: the plan aims to stop duplicate data centre construction and cut the energy bill.
Eight in Ten Say They’ve Been ‘Ripened’ by Big Data
A Beijing consumer association survey: 86.91% of respondents believe they have been charged more as a loyal customer, and 82.37% think big-data price discrimination is widespread. 14 of 32 test purchases showed different prices for new and old accounts.
Building the Ground Rules for the Platform Economy
Nine departments have set out how platform growth and regulation should balance. The framework turns on four relationships: between platforms, between platforms and merchants, with users, and with regulators.
China’s Internet Users Reach 1.032 Billion
The 49th statistical report: 73.0% penetration, 28.5 hours online per week per user, short-video usage at 90.5%, and online health consultations up 38.7% in a year.
Central Spending on Science Rose 7.2% While Overall Spending Fell
Total central expenditure fell 0.9% in 2021, but science and technology spending rose 7.2% to RMB 320.6 billion, with basic research up 15.3%.
Connected-Car Security Is Still Climbing the Hill
More than 2,000 connected-car vulnerabilities are on record. The weak point is not self-driving algorithms but the basics — communications, storage and authentication built in from the start.
How a Major Operator Is Laying Out the National Computing Hubs
794 data centres and 500,000 racks today, weighted 80% to the eastern hubs. The plan: 85% by 2025, and the east-west split moving from 7:3 to 6:4.
Digital Transformation Sweeps Chinese Factories
A spinning mill cuts staffing per 10,000 spindles from 50 to under 15. A steel line cuts emergency stops 20%. The national figures behind the cases: 55.3% numerical control, 74.7% digital design tools.
Information Literacy in the Digital Age
888 million people watch short video and 638 million watch livestreams in China. Knowledge has never travelled this cheaply — the new skill is telling the good from the noise.
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