Shenzhen: Legislation in emerging fields is abundant and innovative, filling domestic gaps.

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20/07/2025
Shenzhen, as a city of innovation with well-developed emerging industries, has urgent legislative demands and vast space for legislation. In recent years, Shenzhen has strengthened legislative exploration in emerging fields with a comprehensive reform pilot as a traction, showing the characteristics of high quantity, heavy weight, and strong innovation. Data is called the "oil and gold mines" of the 21st century. The Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress has successively issued the "Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Data Regulations" and the "Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Digital Economy Industry Promotion Regulations", helping the physical economy of Shenzhen to take on more solid and powerful "digital wings". The rapid development and wide range of artificial intelligence technology in recent years have attracted attention. The "Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Artificial Intelligence Industry Promotion Regulations" is the first special legislation for the artificial intelligence industry in the country, making a series of institutional designs for basic research and technological development of artificial intelligence, expansion of application scenarios, etc., and providing legal guarantees for industry development. Counting the legislative areas of emerging fields in Shenzhen in recent years, there are also the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Green Finance Regulations, Intelligent Connected Vehicle Management Regulations, Cell and Gene Industry Promotion Regulations, Low Altitude Economy Industry Promotion Regulations, and so on. These legislations, known as "soup first" style, strengthen the supply of legislation for new quality productive forces and pave the way for national legislation. (Shenzhen Release)