How does Zscaler China Premium address compliance with the Great Firewall?

By partnering with legitimate ISPs inside China who perform traffic splitting, Chinese website traffic stays on the China internet while global traffic is routed appropriately through authorized channels, eliminating the compliance risk of sending blocked or sensitive information across borders.

How do users in China connect to the Zscaler service?

Users install the Zscaler Client Connector (ZCC) which automatically connects authenticated users to the closest Zscaler node, enabling direct cloud security access without backhauling traffic to corporate data centers.

Solving China Internet Compliance and Security with Zero Trust

Name: Solving China Internet Compliance and Security with Zero Trust
Uploaded: 2026-04-22T18:43:49-04:00
Duration: 3 min 52 s
Description: TL;DR Zscaler China Premium combines security-as-a-service and network-as-a-service by positioning Zero Trust Exchange nodes inside premium ISP data centers within China. The solution eliminates backhauling by connecting users directly to the nearest Z...

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TL;DR

Zscaler China Premium combines security-as-a-service and network-as-a-service by positioning Zero Trust Exchange nodes inside premium ISP data centers within China.
The solution eliminates backhauling by connecting users directly to the nearest Zscaler node via the client connector, removing the need to route traffic through corporate data centers.
ISP-managed traffic splitting automatically routes Chinese website traffic to China internet and global traffic appropriately, addressing Great Firewall compliance requirements.

Summary

This video addresses the unique challenges multinational organizations face when securing internet traffic for users in China, including compliance risks with the Great Firewall, latency from backhauling traffic, and the complexity of maintaining on-premises security stacks. Henry from Zscaler explains how the Zero Trust Exchange for China Premium solves these issues by combining security-as-a-service with network-as-a-service through partnerships with premium ISPs inside China. The solution positions Zscaler nodes within cross-border ISP data centers, providing full security stack capabilities including secure web gateway, SSL inspection, antivirus, DLP, and firewall services without requiring traffic to route back to corporate data centers. A key differentiator is the ISP-managed traffic split that routes Chinese website traffic to the China internet and global traffic appropriately, eliminating compliance risks associated with cross-border data transmission. Users connect via the Zscaler Client Connector to the nearest node, where Zero Trust contextual checks evaluate user identity, device posture, application access, and traffic content before authorizing connections based on organizational policies.

Chapters

0:00 - Introduction
0:14 - Zscaler Global Infrastructure
0:38 - China Premium Architecture
1:41 - User Connection Flow
2:19 - Zero Trust Contextual Checks
2:51 - ISP Traffic Splitting

Key Quotes

0:43 "Especially in China, we make a special offer, what we call China Premium. What we do there is to position the Zero Trust Exchange inside a premium internet service provider."
2:05 "That helps to resolve the backhauling issues."
3:14 "If it is a Chinese website's traffic, it goes to the China internet, which means you actually do not have that risk of compliance anymore."

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