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.
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]
Counterespionage Law of the People's Republic of China
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 Leagueof 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
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The law defines six types of activities,such as "recruiting personnel for espionage organizations," as espionage activities.[4]
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