A wild Asian elephant wandered into a temporary border checkpoint in southwest China's Yunnan Province in the early hours of Friday, prompting police and auxiliary officers to evacuate to safety before the animal calmly left without causing damage.
The elephant approached the checkpoint in Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County of Pu'er, bypassed barriers and traffic cones, and eventually walked away peacefully.
Officers followed established procedures, withdrawing to safe areas and ensuring no disturbance to the elephant, personnel or facilities.
The county, located at the junction of China, Laos and Vietnam, is a key habitat for wild Asian elephants. Local checkpoints often see elephants "drop by," and officers have developed a routine response when facing such an elephant encounter.
Upon receiving alerts or spotting elephant activity, officers are expected to immediately clear the area, close access routes, and monitor the animals until they depart, before swiftly restoring order.
Wild Asian elephant strolls into border checkpoint in Yunnan
China has officially begun data property rights registration, further promoting the use of data and unlocking its value, according to the National Data Administration on Friday.
The registration system essentially issues an identity certificate for data in all its forms. It clearly defines who holds the data, what it can be used for, and who is allowed to use it.
"A unified data property rights registration system at the national level will address the problems of multiple types of data registration, inconsistent standards and insufficient mutual recognition that have existed for some time," said Luan Jie, director of the Policy and Planning Department at the National Data Administration.
Data property rights include the right to hold, use and operate data.
For example, an automaker that lawfully collects production and procurement data owns all three rights of the dataset. If it shares the data with a bank for credit assessment, the bank gains the right to use it. If it authorizes a data intermediary to trade the data, the intermediary obtains the right to operate it. "The rights to hold, use and operate data are independent of one another. Applicants can register one, two or all three rights. Unlike traditional factors of production such as land and labor, data can be copied and shared. The right to use a single dataset, for instance, can be held by multiple parties at the same time. Therefore, any data obtained in a lawful and compliant manner can be registered," Luan explained.
China officially launches data property rights registration system
