Thursday, May 13, 2021 On April 29, 2021, China unveiled its second draft of the Personal Information Protection Law (draft PIPL). The draft is now available for public comments until 28 May 2021. The law aims to provide greater protections for personal information and create a data privacy regime that is more in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the EU. Some highlights of the draft PIPL are as follows: Territorial scope The draft PIPL applies to the processing of personal information within the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and the extraterritorial processing of personal information of natural persons within the territory of PRC under certain circumstances, such as for the purpose of providing products or services to these natural persons or under other circumstances regulated by laws and administrative regulations.