According to Odaily, the Guangzhou Internet Court has announced a collaboration with universities to establish the Guangdong-Hong Kong Data Security and Privacy Protection Joint Laboratory. This initiative aims to address the strategic needs of cross-border data flow within the Greater Bay Area by developing a comprehensive system for data security and privacy protection technologies and their industrial applications. The laboratory will focus on research areas including big data security, blockchain computing, and artificial intelligence security, with an emphasis on data element circulation and cross-border data issues. This effort is expected to foster deep integration of the innovation chain, industrial chain, and talent chain within the Greater Bay Area's data element sector.