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Recently, with the approval by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China’s first series of industry standards for the “interworking framework for privacy-preserving computation” were officially released, and will take effect on October 1. The standards were developed with the contributions from renowned companies including AsiaInfo Technologies, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Mobile, Baidu, and Ant Group under the leadership of China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. They provide comprehensive guidelines for the construction of privacy-preserving computation platforms and the interworking of industries, covering dimensions such as “overall framework”, “communication requirements”, “interconnection protocols”, and “application requirements”.

Figure: Information about the Standards (from China Academy of Information and Communications Technology)

Establishment of Industry Standards:

Laying the Foundation for the Safe and Trusted Circulation of “Data as a Factor of Production”

The series standards for the “interworking framework for privacy-preserving computation” apply to the development, testing, evaluation, acceptance and other aspects of the cross-platform interworking tasks for privacy-preserving computation, and provide important references and guidelines for the construction of privacy-preserving computation platforms and the interworking of industries. They help promote the construction of data infrastructure, enhance the safe and efficient circulation of data as a factor of production, and support the digital transformation of the economy and society.

Figure: Members of the “Interworking Promotion Plan of the Privacy-Preserving Computation Alliance” (from China Academy of Information and Communications Technology)

China is accelerating the market-oriented reform of data as a factor of production, continuously improving related systems and rules, and focusing on establishing a national integrated data market. The establishment of a data market relies on a crucial prerequisite: ensuring the safe and efficient circulation of data!

The privacy-preserving computation is a necessary technology to ensure the safe and trusted circulation of data. It allows data to remain encrypted and undisclosed during transmission and computation so that even those involved in data application can only develop and compute data in a “usable but invisible” state. This addresses concerns about data sharing among enterprises and institutions.

Software + Hardware, Products + Services

AsiaInfo Technologies: One of the Few Full-Stack Privacy-Preserving Computation Service Providers

As an important builder of China’s privacy-preserving computation ecosystem and a member of the “Interworking Promotion Plan of the Privacy-Preserving Computation Alliance”, AsiaInfo Technologies has a complete privacy-preserving computation “product + service” system. We provide customers in different industries with scenario-based privacy-preserving computation products and services combining software and hardware solutions. These solutions help government and enterprise clients activate data assets, advance cross-industry data integration, and ensure the safe and efficient data circulation and application. 

Figure: AsiaInfo Technologies’ Privacy-Preserving Computation Products (Part)

AsiaInfo Technologies has obvious advantages in privacy-preserving computation:

1. Early Start and Profound Accumulation: AsiaInfo Technologies began developing privacy-preserving computation technologies and products early, accumulating extensive knowledge and insights into the field, and has taken the lead in exploring business modes and good practices with partners such as China Mobile and China Unicom.

 2. Comprehensive Products and Integrated Hardware and Software Solutions: AsiaInfo Technologies offers a complete range of privacy-preserving computation products, including software solutions like multi-party secure computation, federated learning and blockchain, as well as hardware solutions such as privacy-preserving computation appliances (which support one-click deployment, out-of-the-box use, and simple operation and maintenance). We provide fast delivery of products and services that are cost-effective. 

3. One-Stop, Diverse and Flexible Service: AsiaInfo Technologies provides “full-stack” and closed-loop data service from data development, circulation and application to DSaaS operation, including privacy-preserving computation, and can flexibly provide personalized and modularized service tailored to user needs.

4. Wide Recognition both Internationally and Domestically: the data products of AsiaInfo Technologies, including privacy-preserving computation products, have been included in authoritative reports by Gartner, Forrester, TMF, and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) and won relevant awards many times.

As the “fifth factor of production”, data is critical to the improvement of the level and quality of economic and social development. Uphold the principle of “technology neutrality”, AsiaInfo Technologies adheres to industry standards, focuses on application scenarios, and continuously iterates big data product and service systems that cover data infrastructure construction, data development, data governance, data storage and data application and operation, to help government and enterprise customers across industries unlock the value of data as a factor of production and achieve high-quality growth!