Shanghai introduces new regulations on scientific data management, encouraging the use of blockchain and AI technologies to promote data sharing and circulation.

on November 13, according to the official website of the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Shanghai Municipal Data Bureau jointly issued the "Measures for the Management of Scientific Data in Shanghai (Trial)", which will take effect on November 1, 2026, with a validity period of two years.

The measures encourage the application of technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and privacy computing to establish a mechanism for the discoverable, authorizable, traceable, and evaluable development, utilization, and open sharing of scientific data, promoting the sharing and utilization of scientific data in Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta region.

Simultaneously, it supports the development of scientific data products and value-added services, promotes compliant circulation and trading of scientific data, explores benefit compensation mechanisms based on value contribution, and supports eligible data products in conducting intellectual property or data property rights registration.

In addition, Shanghai will incorporate high-quality scientific datasets into the evaluation framework for scientific research achievements, driving the processing of scientific data into high-quality corpora required by artificial intelligence.