In China, the draft law on cyber security was considered by the National People's Congress. One of the important points of the document is the obligation of operators to cooperate with the law enforcement authorities in order to ensure national security. The companies will need to provide the authorities with full access to information about the users at the first suspicion of a violation of China's laws.
In June next year, the new law will come into force. As a result, the companies will need to prove the safety and reliability of their products. Another innovation of the Chinese IT-market is the right of the Chinese authorities to freeze the accounts of foreigners, legal and natural persons in case of suspected sabotage China's national information infrastructure.
Penalties for cybercrime in the Middle Kingdom is also provided. This category includes attempts to overthrow the socialist system, using the network appeals, undermining the national unity, calls for terrorism and extremism. Ethnic hatred on the Web, discrimination, propaganda of violence and other kind of propaganda are prohibited.
Experts believe that the new law will affect the work of the 40 business groups from Europe, the US and Japan. Note, the IT-segment in China accounts for $ 340 billion. This summer, the foreign companies have sent the prime minister of the State Council of China Li Keqiang a request for review of the new law. Businessmen believe that it will prevent foreign companies from entering the market and slow down the China's economic growth. However, the situation remains the same.
Measures. taken by the authorities of the Celestial Empire, is a part of a global plan for monitoring over the Internet. China has long been concerned with the issues of cybersecurity. In 1998, the government began to create the content filtering system on the Internet under the name of "Golden Shield". In 2003, it started working throughout the country, except for Hong Kong and Macao. The project is a system of servers between providers and international networks, where information is carefully filtered.
Currently, the work of Google and Facebook services is limited in China. Apple also loses users from this country. It is difficult to use VPN for Chinese citizens. Experts do not exclude that the new law may adversely affect the activity of a number of large US companies.
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