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Decision on Maintaining Internet Security (2000)

关于维护互联网安全的决定

Type of laws Law

Issuing body Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

Promulgating date Dec 28, 2000

Effective date Dec 28, 2000

Validity status Valid

Scope of application Nationwide

Topic(s) Cybersecurity/Computer security Cyber Law/Internet Law National Security

Editor(s) Lin Haibin 林海斌 Xinzhu Li 李欣烛

The Decision was made by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress and entered into force on 28 Dec. 2000.

The Decision is China’s first rule on cybersecurity, with key points as follows:

  1. Hacking or destroying the computer system constitutes a crime.

  2. Subverting the state power, destroying the national unity and the unity of nationalities, stealing the state secrets and engaging in activities involving cult by publishing information on the Internet constitute a crime.

  3. Infringing the legitimate rights of others on the Internet constitutes a crime.

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