Counterespionage Law of the People's Republic of China
| Counterespionage Law of the People's Republic of China | |
|---|---|
| Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |
| Passed by | Standing Committee of the National People's Congress |
| Passed | 1 November 2014 |
| Commenced | 1 November 2014 |
| Legislative history | |
| Introduced by | State Council |
| First reading | 25–31 August 2014 |
| Second reading | 27 October–1 November 2014 |
| Repeals | |
| National Security Law of the People's Republic of China | |
| Status: In force | |
| Counterespionage Law of the People's Republic of China | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中华人民共和国反间谍法 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中華人民共和國反間諜法 | ||||||
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The Counterespionage Law of the People's Republic of China is a legislation concerning counterespionage in China. It was passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on 1 November 2014 came into effect on that day.
Legislative history
The draft of the Counterespionage Law of the People's Republic of China was first reviewed at the 10th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress on August 25, 2014; the draft was reviewed again at the 11th meeting of the NPCSC on October 28 of the same year. The law was formally passed at the 11th meeting of the NPCSC on November 1 of the same year. This is the first time that China has legally identified specific espionage activities.[1]
On November 22, 2017, the State Council promulgated the Implementation Rules of the Counterespionage Law of the People's Republic of China.[2][3][4]
On April 10, 2017, the Beijing Municipal State Security Bureau issued and implemented the “Measures for Rewarding Citizens for Reporting Spy Activities” in accordance with this law.[5] "Those who play a particularly important role in preventing and stopping espionage activities or solving espionage cases and provide particularly outstanding clues will be awarded a reward of 100,000 to 500,000 yuan.” The term "walking 500,000" derived from this is also used by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China to refer to spies.[6]
On April 26, 2023, the Second Session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress adopted the revised Counterespionage Law of the People's Republic of China, which came into effect on July 1, 2023.[7]
Provisions
The law defines six types of activities, such as "recruiting personnel for espionage organizations," as espionage activities.[4]
References
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- ^ "公民举报间谍行为线索奖励办法_新法速递_怀柔区人民政府网站". www.bjhr.gov.cn.
- ^ "行走的50万！知道这个消息，可能就是你的_政务_澎湃新闻". The Paper. Archived from the original on 2022-04-05. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ "中华人民共和国主席令_中国人大网". 中国人大网 (in Chinese). 2023-04-26. Archived from the original on 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2023-04-26.