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“If you have a white list to facilitate the movement of sensitive data, biological data and samples between Hong Kong and [mainland] China, it would ensure trust between [parties sending and receiving information] because authorities on both sides would have already approved it,” said Ada Chung Lai-ling, Hong Kong’s privacy commissioner for personal data.
Hong Kong’s Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong announced in December that officials were looking to draw up a white list of companies at the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone to ensure secure cross-border data transfer.
More than 300,000 Hong Kong residents were expected to seek medical care in Shenzhen this year, according to Qu Hongbin, chief economic adviser to the Shenzhen Qianhai Authority.
