Practice of cross-border data flow of the European Union's scientific research data

Macao Digitalization Development Association

Massive cross-border data flow backs up scientific research, trade and economic activities all over the world. However, different requirements of countries and regions for security purposes and a lack of consensus on technology slow down data sharing.

Considering this, the Macao Digitalization Development Association has teamed up with the European Union International Data Spaces Association and built a cross-border data flow channel between Macao and the EU. Data was transmitted safely between the International Institute of Next Generation Internet at Macao University of Science and Technology and the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering.

Moreover, the association has collaborated with China Telecom Macao, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai MUST Science and Technology Research Institute and Privacy Pioneer to establish a governance mechanism with rules, technologies and management related to data flow. The Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), privacy protection and blockchain are used during the process in order to ensure that data flow is traceable and controllable.