China tightens regulatory net for multinational cloud operators
云法规缩紧
April 12, 2016 | BY
Katherine Jo &clp articlesThe cloud computing business has been the subject of debate under the revised Telecom Catalogue, which requires MNCs' local partners to revisit their license portfolios. 修订版《电信业务分类目录》中的云计算业务规定成为争议焦点，其中要求跨国企业的本地合作伙伴重新审查其许可执照组合。
China moved to bring sections of the cloud computing business under a regulatory umbrella recently, pushing global IT giants including Microsoft and IBM to ensure that their local partners comply with the new requirements.
The new classification system–which took effect on March 1–leaves the job half-done, though, covering two parts and leaving a key area in the shadows. Among the various additions and deletions in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)'s Classified Catalogue of Telecommunications Services (2015 Edition) (Catalogue), the re-categorization of cloud computing has sparked the most debate.
“The IDC [internet data center] license is the new thing that the MNCs' local partners will need to apply for,” said Paul McKenzie of Morrison & Foerster.
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