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szdaily -> Business -> 
Online academic database CNKI probed again
    2022-06-27  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

CHINA’S top national cyberspace regulator has launched an investigation into the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), the country’s largest online academic database, to prevent risks to national data security and protect public interests.

The move came about a month after China’s market regulator targeted the CNKI with an antitrust probe.

The Cyberspace Administration of China’s Security Review Office said Friday on its website the probe was aimed at “preempting security risks of national data, protecting national security and safeguarding public interest” and said it had summoned CNKI management for a meeting.

It said its move is in line with the National Security Law, Cybersecurity Law, Data Security Law and security review regulations.

A second investigation centered on the CNKI in just over a month makes the database one of the highest-profile targets by regulators this year.

On May 13, China’s market regulator, the State Administration for Market Regulation, launched an antitrust investigation into the CNKI.

The CNKI came under scrutiny in April after domestic media reported a library of China’s top research group, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), said it would suspend its use of the CNKI, citing high subscription fees.

At the time, a screenshot circulating online suggested that CAS’ National Science Library had held discussions with the CNKI but the database insisted on maintaining its annual subscription fee of 10 million yuan (US$1.6 million).

The CNKI holds large amounts of personal information and important data on key areas like telecommunication, transportation and health care.

The CNKI’s parent company is Tsinghua Tongfang Co., a Beijing-based State-owned software firm linked to China’s elite Tsinghua University.

The CNKI said on its website that at the end of 2017 it had the world’s largest readership for academic research, with more than 20 million individual users and an average daily retrieval volume of more than 10 million. (SD-Agencies)

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