Chi­na has been able to main­tain com­par­a­tive­ly high eco­nom­ic growth rates due to its devel­op­ment from a labour-inten­sive econ­o­my to a pri­mar­i­ly cap­i­tal­ist one and end­ing in an  econ­o­my root­ed in tech­nol­o­gy. Will data emerge as a key mech­a­nism for push­ing eco­nom­ic growth? Both Chi­na and Europe seem to have sin­gled out data as a cru­cial ele­ment in ensur­ing future eco­nom­ic growth and secur­ing geopo­lit­i­cal pow­er. Do the Euro­pean Com­mu­ni­ty and Chi­na share the same per­spec­tives and plan sim­i­lar mea­sures regard­ing data as an essen­tial ele­ment in eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment, and what are the impli­ca­tions for busi­ness, econ­o­my and inter­na­tion­al relations?

In her lat­est Duet Inter­view with Prof. Dr Doris Fis­ch­er, Chair of Chi­na Busi­ness and Eco­nom­ics at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Würzburg, Dr Cal­daro­la, author of Big Data and Law, dis­cuss­es the dif­fer­ent per­cep­tions of data as a new fac­tor of pro­duc­tion from both Euro­pean and Chi­nese perspectives.