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Digital Policy Leadership Summit
Portsmouth, NH, US
24-25 June
Competing Models, Converging Risks: China’s Role in Global Data and AI Governance
Thursday, 25 June
11:15 - 12:15 EDT
The Lounge
Discussants:
Rui Guo, Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Scholar, East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School
Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law; Faculty Co-Director, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
Facilitator: Leah Plunkett, Meyer Research Lecturer on Law, Faculty Associate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
As governments race to set the rules of the digital economy, China has rapidly built a far reaching framework for data, platforms, and AI. This session will explore how those developments intersect with other approaches, and how organizations are recalibrating their strategies in a world where China is both a critical market and a regulatory outlier.
What you will learn:
- Assess China’s AI and data governance model with other global approaches.
- Identify risks and opportunities in operating across divergent regulatory systems.
Featured in this session

Rui Guo
Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University
Visiting Scholar, East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School

Mark Wu
Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Faculty Co-Director
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University

Leah Plunkett
Meyer Research Lecturer on Law, Faculty Associate
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University