New Guizhou regulations promise financial support to propel big data usage

Big data enterprises in Guizhou province say they expect benefit from the country's first local regulation for the budding industry, which urges governments to expand public data initiatives and offer more policy support.

The regulation, published by the southwestern province, will be implemented from March 1 and is designed to promote the development and application of big data in the inland province.

"As one of the country's first batch of companies focusing on healthcare big data, we have been cautious because there are no laws that tell us what we can and what we cannot do," said Huang Guohong, president of Guiyang Longmaster Information & Technology Co Ltd.