State science and technology secrets refer to matters related to national security and interests in science and technology plans, plans, projects, and achievements, determined in accordance with legal procedures, and known only to a certain range of persons within a certain period of time. Once leaked, it will bring incalculable losses to national security and interests.
Take the case as a lesson and the alarm bell rings for a long time
Case 1
Yuan and Kong, a husband and wife who work in a scientific research unit, took advantage of their work to privately retain confidential information such as technical specifications, drawings, and procedures. Later, he jumped to work at a communications research institute with a high salary, and hid illegally obtained classified information in his personal residence. After the case, Yuan and Kong were sentenced to one year in prison with a two-year suspended sentence for illegally obtaining state secrets.
Case 2
In the process of undertaking a certain secret-related project, a scientific research unit received a batch of mobile storage media mixed with secret-related documents, but the entrusting party did not inform it in advance. The receiver, Yang, did not strictly perform the duties of inventory and verification, so he handed over the classified mobile storage medium to the project leader Ma as ordinary materials. Li, a technician of the project team, copied these materials to a computer connected to the Internet, causing a leak. After the case was discovered, the relevant departments seriously dealt with the directly responsible persons Li, Ma, and Yang, as well as the leaders with supervisory duties.
Case 3
Yu X, a staff member of the office of a national defense weapons research institute, undertook the work of information exchange between the whole institute, and was instigated by foreign hostile forces. He stole a number of top-secret and classified state secrets, causing incalculable losses to national defense security. After the case was discovered, Yu X was suspected of stealing, spying, buying, and illegally providing state secrets for foreign institutions, organizations, and personnel, the harm was particularly serious, and the circumstances were particularly heinous, and he was sentenced to death.
Risk of leakage in daily work
Staff on the scientific research front should pay attention to avoid the risk of leakage in their daily work, mainly including:
(1) Confidential topics are taken home or disposed of in places without security measures;
(2) Storing confidential information in personal computers, mobile phones, or mobile storage media;
(3) Using Internet social tools to transmit confidential information;
(4) Exchanging confidential information in forums, blogs, and academic conferences;
(5) Published academic papers and works without confidentiality review;
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Confidentiality requirements for classified projects
Staff on the scientific research front who engage in confidential projects must abide by confidentiality requirements, mainly including:
(1) Strictly implement the national laws, regulations, and rules on scientific and technological secrecy, as well as the scientific and technological secrecy system of their own organs and units;
(2) Receive confidentiality education, training, supervision and inspection;
(3) When there are scientific and technological matters involving secrets, confidentiality measures shall be taken in advance, and classified secrets shall be submitted in accordance with regulations, and shall be reported to the scientific and technological confidentiality management body of the organ or unit in a timely manner;
(4) Before participating in foreign scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation and foreign-related business activities, report to the confidentiality work organization of the organ or unit;
(5) Publish papers, apply for patents, participate in academic exchanges, etc., and perform confidentiality review procedures in accordance with regulations;
(6) When it is discovered that national scientific and technological secrets have been leaked or may be leaked, immediately take remedial measures and report to the secrecy work body of that organ or unit;
(7) When leaving the post, remove all secret-related carriers, sign a confidentiality commitment, and accept the confidentiality management during the declassification period.
Source: Concept of Secrecy