Institutions of Personal Data in Russia and Personal Information in China: a Comparative Legal Analysis

Olga Berzin; Zakhar Mitianov

doi:10.17323/2713-2749.2025.3.77.98

Olga Berzin National Research University Higher School of Economics https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4815-1644
Zakhar Mitianov National Research University Higher School of Economics https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6764-7471

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17323/2713-2749.2025.3.77.98

Ключевые слова: personal data, personal information, legal institution, comparative analysis, legislative framework, regulation in the field

Аннотация

The authors analyze and compare Russian and Chinese approaches to legal regulation of personal data in Russia and of personal information in China institutions to identify their similarities and differences, as well as to determine the optimal practices of formation of these legal institutions. The concept and essential features of personal data and personal information in each of two countries are studied and compared, their similarities and differences are pointed out. International and national legal systems and the hierarchy of legal norms/spheres regulating in the field in Russia and China are analyzed; structural construction of regulatory and legislative bases in the spheres mentioned in Russia and China is studied and compared. The article examines state authorities regulating in the field in Russia and China, theirs system, structure and spheres of competence, as well as the capabilities of appropriate normative legal regulation. Proposals on the expediency of borrowing the more progressive and nationally oriented Chinese norms covering personal information into the Russian Federation legislation on personal data are substantiated.

Биографии авторов

Olga Berzin, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Doctor of Sciences (Law), Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Nizhny Novgorod branch, 25/12 Bolshaya Pesherskaya Str., Nizhny Novgorod 603155, Russia. E-mail: oberzin@hse.ru

Zakhar Mitianov, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Postgraduate Student, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Nizhny Novgorod branch, 25/12 Bolshaya Pesherskaya Str., Nizhny Novgorod 603155, Russia. E-mail: zmitianov@hse.ru

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