Recently, the Central Secrecy Office (State Secrecy Bureau) released the 2024 secrecy public welfare propaganda film and confidential public welfare publicity poster for the whole society (among them, the poster "The Concept of Secrecy Taught by Words and Deeds" painted by Jinshan farmers was shortlisted again and promoted nationwide), advocating that the whole people keep state secrets and safeguard national security. Come and learn!
【Teach the concept of secrecy by word and deed】
On February 27, 2024, the eighth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress voted to pass the newly revised Law of the People's Republic of China on Guarding State Secrets (hereinafter referred to as the "Secrecy Law"), which will come into force on May 1, 2024.
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How much do you know about the law of secrecy?
What are the important knowledge points of the newly revised Confidentiality Law?
Let's take a look!
What is a Secrecy Act?
Article 1 of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Guarding State Secrets" This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution in order to protect state secrets, safeguard national security and interests, and ensure the smooth progress of reform, opening up, and socialist modernization.
What is a State Secret?
Article 2 of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Guarding State Secrets" State secrets are matters that are related to national security and interests, are determined in accordance with legal procedures, and are known only to a certain range of persons for a certain period of time.
What is the scope of state secrets?
Article 13 of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Guarding State Secrets" The following matters involving national security and interests shall be designated as state secrets if they are leaked and might harm the security and interests of the state in the fields of politics, economy, national defense, foreign affairs, etc.:
(1) Secret matters in major decision-making on state affairs;
(2) Secret matters in the construction of national defense and the activities of the armed forces;
(3) Secret matters in diplomatic and foreign affairs activities, as well as secret matters that bear the obligation of confidentiality to the outside world;
(4) Secret matters in the course of national economic and social development;
(5) Secret matters in science and technology;
(6) Secret matters in activities to preserve national security and investigate criminal offenses;
(7) Other secret matters as determined by the state secrecy administrative department.
Where the provisions of the preceding paragraph are met in the secret matters of political parties, they are state secrets.
Why is it everyone's responsibility to keep secrets?
Article 5 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Guarding State Secrets State secrets is protected by law.
All state organs and armed forces, political parties and people's organizations, enterprises, institutions and other social organizations, and citizens have the obligation to maintain confidentiality.
Any act that endangers the security of state secrets must be prosecuted according to law.
Correspondents | Jiang Peiwen
Edit | Zhang Yiqi (Intern)
Editor-in-charge | Chen Weiting