New book -Data Property Rights Theory- released in Beijing
Recently, Tsinghua University’s School of Public Administration held a book launch for “On Data Property Rights,” a significant publication aimed at promoting the establishment and enhancement of data property rights systems in China. This initiative is expected to foster the rational development and utilization of data resources while protecting the legal rights of individuals and businesses.
The book is co-authored by Professor Shen Weixing from Tsinghua University Law School and Lu Zhipeng, the Deputy General Manager of China Electronics Corporation. It presents a comprehensive approach to data rights through a framework known as “certification-clarification-restriction.” This framework emphasizes a rights structure based on “three separations” and outlines a path to data certification divided into “three stages.” The authors aim to provide a thorough, systematic, and in-depth perspective on constructing a data property rights system.
During the launch, Liu Yu, General Manager of the Commercial Press, highlighted that data has emerged as a new production factor and is a crucial source of value creation. When discussing the construction of a data property rights system, he stressed the importance of balancing the interests of various stakeholders, enabling data openness and sharing, while also maintaining strict data security measures. Liu believes that “On Data Property Rights” addresses a significant gap in this field, showcasing both its innovative and practical contributions.
Lu Zhipeng shared valuable insights regarding the background of the book’s development. He explained that Tsinghua University and China Electronics engaged in extensive research on the historical evolution of traditional property rights related to production factors and general market allocation practices. This collaboration led to the proposal of the “three-three system” model for data certification. The first “three” pertains to the triadic separation of data from information, data providers from data processors, and data ownership from data rights. The second “three” outlines three stages—data resources, data factors, and data products—each of which offers distinct data rights informed by these separations, thus integrating the three rights model within the theoretical framework of data property division.
Professor Shen Weixing mentioned that the concepts of data certification, clarification, and restriction are fundamental to the book. Moreover, drawing on practical experiences from China Electronics’ operations in various locations—such as Deyang in Sichuan, Zhengzhou in Henan, Wenzhou in Zhejiang, and Xuzhou in Jiangsu—the book also delves into market operations and technical support solutions essential for the effective implementation of the data property rights system, successfully bridging theoretical research with practical application.
The event was co-hosted by the Commercial Press, Tsinghua University’s China Electronics Data Governance Engineering Research Institute, and Tsinghua University’s Intelligent Rule of Law Research Institute.
