China to formulate personal information protection law

A resident who has returned to Beijing scans a QR code to register personal information at a nei***orhood committee in Xiaojingchang Hutong in Dongcheng District of Beijing, capital of China, March 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature will formulate a personal information protection law in 2021, according to a work report.

The annual work report of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee was submitted Monday to the ongoing fourth session of the 13th NPC for deliberation.