National Administration of State Secrets Protection
Institution of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
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Headquarters | Beijing |
Parent agency | State Council |
Website | gjbmj.gov.cn |
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中央保密委员会办公室 | |
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Parent agency | Central Secrecy Commission |
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Simplified Chinese | 国家保密局 | |||
Literal meaning | State Secret-Protecting Bureau | |||
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Simplified Chinese | 中央保密委员会办公室 | |||
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The National Administration of State Secret Protection ( Chinese : 国家保密局 ; pinyin : Guójiā Bǎomì Jú ) of the People's Republic of China is an institution of the State Council of the People's Republic of China that is responsible for the protection of classified information . [1] The name was translated as National Administration for the Protection of State Secrets .
It is also the Office of the Central Secrecy Commission ( Chinese : 中央保密委员会办公室 ; pinyin : Zhōngyāng Bǎomì Wěiyuánhuì Bàngōngshì ), a subordinate organization of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party . [2]
Overview
The Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China (which is not operative in the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macao ) makes it a crime to release a state secret. Under the 1989 " Law on Guarding State Secrets ," [3] state secrets are defined as those that concern:
- Major policy decisions on state affairs;
- The building of national defence and in the activities of the armed forces;
- Diplomatic activities and in activities related to foreign countries and those to be maintained as commitments to foreign countries;
- National economic and social development;
- Science and technology;
- Activities for preserving state security and the investigation of criminal offences; and
- Any other matters classified as "state secrets" by the national State Secrets Bureau. [2]
Secrets can be classified into one of three categories:
- Top secret ( 绝密 ): Defined as "vital state secrets whose disclosure would cause extremely serious harm to state security and national interests";
- Highly secret ( 机密 ): Defined as "important state secrets whose disclosure would cause serious harm to state security and national interests"; and
- Secret ( 秘密 ): Defined as "ordinary state secrets whose disclosure would cause harm to state security and national interests". [2]
References
- ↑ Richburg, Keith B. (5 July 2010). "China sentences American geologist to 8 years for stealing state secrets" . Washington Post . Archived from the original on 12 April 2012 . Retrieved 30 October 2017 .
- 1 2 3 Translation per Human Rights in China (pdf), State Secrets: China's Legal Labyrinth Archived 2017-11-18 at the Wayback Machine , (2007).
- ↑ Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, " Law on Guarding State Secrets Archived 2010-09-27 at the Wayback Machine " (中华人民共和国保守国家秘密法), promulgated 1988 and effective 1989.
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