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Policy measures to further promote the development of the GBA

Source: cnbayarea.org.cn, Hong Kong Trade Development Council Implementation Plan20 which further clarified the
CDO’s responsibility to include:
Powering digital transformation in key
industries • Promoting the development of smart cities
and digital governments.
The digital transformation will drive growth
and provide new business opportunities for many • Improving standardized data management
sectors in the years to come (and not limited to – promoting the implementation of the Shenzhen
the ones discussed below). By leveraging the Data Regulation and the establishment of data
technological R&D and industrial innovation rules, such as data classification and data trading.
capabilities of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao
, the region is expected to become a technological • Promoting the innovative application of data
innovation incubator for emerging technologies, convergence – promoting data sharing, openness,
industries, and businesses globally. development, and utilization and promoting in-
depth integration of public data with social data and
I: New technology powering digital government the innovation in data application scenarios.
and smart city
• Guiding and supervising data management
Guangdong to phase in CDOs (chief data work.
officers) to accelerate digitalization
• Providing data management and security
On 14 May 2021, the Guangdong municipal training to the team.
government released the Notice on the Pilot Work
Plan for Chief Data Officer System, deciding to • Exploring the application of data with
explore and pilot the CDO system in six provincial different focuses – Futian District of Shenzhen will
bureaus and 10 cities19. By far, five cities, including focus on utilizing public data resources to support
Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Maoming, and Shenzhen-Hong Kong technology innovation
Heyuan, have disclosed their implementation cooperation; Nanshan District will focus on
plans for piloting the CDO system. improving data security supervision and warning

Take Shenzhen as an example, on 9 August 20 Shenzhen government, http://www.sz.gov.
2021, the government released the Pilot cn/szzsj/gkmlpt/content/9/9049/post_9049862.
19 Guangdong government, http://www.gd.gov. html#19244
cn/xxts/content/post_3282209.html

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