I. Is there a national act containing a legal definition of Automated Administrative Decisions?

No. There has been no national legislation in China containing a legal definition of automated administrative/public/state/government decisions. While Article 24 of the PRC Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) prescribes that personal information processors using personal information for automated decision-making should ensure transparency and fairness in decision-making, it leaves the term “automated decision-making” undefined. In fact, the Chinese translation of automated administrative/public decisions (自动化行政/公共决策) remains an academic term and has not made its way into any formal legal document in China so far.