Promulgated by: General Affairs Department (综合司) of the National Data Administration (NDA).
Document No.: 国数综资源〔2026〕2号 (Guo Shu Zong Zi Yuan [2026] No. 2).
Issued January 28, 2026. Effective January 28, 2026.
Translation note — DCC. Translated in full from the official Chinese text as reproduced in the WKInfo database (departmental normative document; three numbered parts and two annexes). The two annex tables listing the basic disclosure indicators were not carried in the source text; their titles are reproduced below and the substantive indicators are as described in Part I. Terminology follows DCC’s bilingual glossary. The Notice implements Articles 18–19 of the Authorized Operation Implementation Specifications and relies on the registration platforms created under the Registration Interim Measures.
To the general offices of the relevant ministries, commissions and directly affiliated bodies of the State Council; the General Office of the Supreme People’s Court; the General Office of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate; the data administration authorities of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government and of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps; and the relevant central enterprises:
In implementation of the Opinions of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on Accelerating the Development and Utilization of Public Data Resources, and in accordance with the relevant requirements of the Implementation Specifications for the Authorized Operation of Public Data Resources (Trial), in order to strengthen the standardized management of the authorized operation of public data resources and accept social supervision, notice is hereby given on the work relating to information disclosure for the authorized operation of public data (hereinafter, “information disclosure”) as follows.
I. Disclosing Parties and Disclosure Indicators
Local data administration authorities at or above the county level and the data administration bodies of national sectoral competent authorities shall guide and supervise implementing institutions and operating institutions in properly carrying out information disclosure. Implementing institutions and operating institutions bear the primary responsibility for information disclosure, shall be responsible for the accuracy, completeness, timeliness and legality of the information disclosed, and are strictly prohibited from falsification. Implementing institutions shall disclose information on the implementing institution, information on the authorization of public data resources, the ceiling fee standards for the public data operation service fee, and other such matters (for the specific indicators, see Annex 1). Operating institutions shall disclose information on the operating institution, information on the public data resources for which authorization has been obtained, the list of public data resource products and services, and the specific fee standards for public data resource products and services (for the specific indicators, see Annex 2).
II. Timing and Channels of Information Disclosure
Information disclosure shall be carried out on an annual cycle. Once they have begun the authorized operation of public data resources, implementing institutions and operating institutions shall, by the end of March each year, disclose the authorized-operation situation for the preceding year. Implementing institutions and operating institutions shall carry out information disclosure through the public data resource registration platforms. Central and state organs and their directly affiliated bodies, and central enterprises, shall carry out information disclosure through the national public data resource registration platform; each region shall carry out information disclosure relying on its provincial-level public data resource registration platform and shall achieve interconnection of the disclosed information with the national public data resource registration platform. Implementing institutions and operating institutions are supported in carrying out information disclosure simultaneously through compliant public channels such as departmental official websites, official social-media accounts and mainstream media. Where disclosed information involves the disclosure of government information, the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on the Disclosure of Government Information and other relevant provisions shall be followed.
III. Other Requirements
Local data administration authorities and the data administration bodies of national sectoral competent authorities shall strengthen supervision and administration of information disclosure by implementing institutions and operating institutions, and, upon discovering violations such as failure to register public data resources, failure to carry out information disclosure in a timely manner, failure to disclose as prescribed, or falsification, shall provide guidance and correction by means of on-site guidance, regulatory interviews (约谈), orders to make corrections, and notification. Implementing institutions and operating institutions shall make full use of the public data resource registration platforms and other channels to strengthen the matching of supply and demand for public data resources, products and services, take the initiative in providing services, better meet the data-use needs of society as a whole, and foster a flourishing data application ecosystem. The public data resource registration platforms shall improve the relevant functions and support implementing institutions and operating institutions in carrying out information disclosure and data supply-demand matching conveniently. Local data administration authorities and the data administration bodies of national sectoral competent authorities shall, as prescribed, share disclosed information with audit and other supervisory departments. All relevant entities that have already carried out information disclosure shall carry out the work in a standardized and orderly manner in accordance with the requirements of this Notice.
General Affairs Department of the National Data Administration
January 28, 2026
Annexes:
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Basic indicator information to be disclosed by implementing institutions
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Basic indicator information to be disclosed by operating institutions
Annex 1: Basic Indicator Information to Be Disclosed by Implementing Institutions
[Table not carried in the source text. Per Part I, the indicators cover: information on the implementing institution; information on the authorization of public data resources; and the ceiling fee standards for the public data operation service fee.]
Annex 2: Basic Indicator Information to Be Disclosed by Operating Institutions
[Table not carried in the source text. Per Part I, the indicators cover: information on the operating institution; information on the public data resources for which authorization has been obtained; the list of public data resource products and services; and the specific fee standards for public data resource products and services.]