As a new type of production factor, data has become an important resource to promote China's economic growth and social progress. The value of data lies in circulation, and data circulation is the pivotal link in the construction of data factor market. Currently, China's data factor market construction is developing rapidly, but there are many problems in the process of data circulation, such as difficulty in defining data ownership, high cost and risk of circulation, data monopoly, data leakage, unfair competition, etc., which impede the full release of the value of data factors. Improving the rules of data circulation through data circulation legislation is a key step in solving many problems. Data circulation legislation should follow the principles of fairness, safety and controllability, and efficiency and protection, on the basis of which it should define the rules of data ownership, strengthen the articulation of legal norms at all levels, improve the system of traceability of responsibility, and build a system of rules for data circulation, which is the way to promote the efficient circulation of data elements, stimulate the vitality of the data element market, and promote the prosperous development of the digital economy.

Wanpeng Lu. Data flow legislation: practical exploration and suggestions for improvement. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2023), Vol. 5, Issue 16: 80-90. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2023.051613.

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