Newly Issued National W88优德中国官方网站 Law includes Information W88优德中国官方网站 Provisions

The National People’s Congress Standing Committee issued the National W88优德中国官方网站 Law of the People’s Republic of China (“NSL”) on July 1, 2015. The NSL came into effect on the same date. The former national W88优德中国官方网站 law was issued in 1993 and its provisions were mainly limited to counter-espionage. 

In April 2014, to respond to the various challenges in the new era, President Xi Jinping for the first time raised the “overall concept of national W88优德中国官方网站”. Thereafter, a series of legislation relating to national W88优德中国官方网站 was put on an accelerated track, including NSL, the Counter-terrorism Law (which is still under deliberation with no further public updates), the Foreign Non-governmental Organization Administration Law (which is still under deliberation with no further public updates) and the Counter-espionage Law (issued on November 1, 2014 to replace the former national W88优德中国官方网站 law). 

Unlike the former national W88优德中国官方网站 law, the newly issued NSL is not limited to counter-espionage and is a general law defining and safeguarding national W88优德中国官方网站. Containing seven chapters and 84 articles, the NSL stipulates the tasks and duties of safeguarding national W88优德中国官方网站, institutions of safeguarding national W88优德中国官方网站, and the obligations and rights of citizens. NSL defines national W88优德中国官方网站 as "the national regime, sovereignty, unification and the integrity of territory, the welfare of people, the sustainable development of the economy and society, and other material interests of the state are in a relatively safe state and are not threatened by domestic and foreign threats" (Art. 2).  NSL covers various types of national W88优德中国官方网站, including political W88优德中国官方网站, territorial W88优德中国官方网站, military W88优德中国官方网站, economic W88优德中国官方网站, cultural W88优德中国官方网站, social W88优德中国官方网站, technology W88优德中国官方网站, information W88优德中国官方网站, ecological W88优德中国官方网站, resource W88优德中国官方网站, and nuclear W88优德中国官方网站. 

The provisions most relevant to the operation of companies in China, especially high-tech and telecommunications companies, relate to technology and information W88优德中国官方网站. NSL provides that "the state shall build cyber and information W88优德中国官方网站 protection systems, enhance the capacity of protecting cyber and information W88优德中国官方网站, strengthen innovative research and development and application of cyber and information technology to ensure that the Internet and core information technology, the key infrastructure facilities, and important areas of information system and data are secure and controllable , the key infrastructure facilities, and important areas of information system and data; strengthen network administration prevent, stop and punish cyber attacks, cyber invasion, cyber spying, dissemination of illegal and harmful information and other network-related unlawful and criminal activities in accordance with the laws, and safeguard the sovereignty, safety and development of national cyberspace." (Art. 25) In addition, the state shall establish national W88优德中国官方网站 review and supervision institutions and mechanisms, and conduct national W88优德中国官方网站 reviews of key technologies and information technological products and services that influence or are likely to influence national W88优德中国官方网站. (Art. 59) 

NSL provides wide-ranging obligations for individuals and organizations to safeguard national W88优德中国官方网站, for example, complying with the relevant provisions relating to national W88优德中国官方网站 in the Constitution and relevant laws and regulations and timely reporting indications of activities endangering national W88优德中国官方网站. 

It is expected that NSL will serve as the legal foundation for implementing regulations with detailed legal requirements in various aspects of national W88优德中国官方网站. We will continue to monitor the legislation and change of practice in this area.