SHANGHAI (Reuters): China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)called for improved cross-border security management of big data till 2025, in a five-year plan published on Tuesday. The plan, which builds off of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan published earlier this year, comes as the country has pushed forward its regulatory framework for data and technology. It re-affirms data as a “factor of production” and a “national strategic resource”. The plan contains six key tasks, including improving the “marketization” of data, improving computing power, and playing a leading role in developing global technology standards. It also called for strengthening of management...