(Washington Composite Electric) The new anti -spy method revised by China will take effect on Saturday (July 1). The US intelligence agency warns that foreign companies in China and business may face risks.
The new version of the anti -spy law promulgated by China has greatly extended the content, which not only expands the definition of espionage, but also prohibits the transmission of any information related to national security.
The National Anti -Intelligence and Security Center issued a announcement on Friday (June 30) that this law that describes China ’s national security secrets is to“ obtain and control the data held by American companies in China to provide moreBroadly legal basis.
TheAnnouncement pointed out that the definition of the new anti -espionage law on national security secrets is vague, but I believe that Beijing has adopted a broad point of view, which may cover the information of enterprises for daily business.If the US company and individuals are accused of spy activities involving espionage or assisted in other countries to impose sanctions on China, these American companies and individuals may "face punishment due to traditional business activities."
TheAnnouncement also said that with the new version of the anti -spy law, Chinese citizens hired by American companies in the local area can be forced to assist China to engage in intelligence work.
The blurring of the anti -spy law boundary caused by domestic and foreign companies
Anti -Intelligence and Security Center pointed out that this law is vague, which means that "any documents, data, materials, or projects" may be regarded as related to Chinese national security. In addition to foreign companies, journalists, scholars, scholars, scholarsAnd researchers may also face risks.
As the new version of the Anti -Spy Law was introduced, China recently put more pressure on foreign consulting companies operating in China.In March of this year, the Chinese police closed the Beijing Office of Mintz Group, Mintz Group, and arrested five local employees. One month later, the US consultant Bain Company said The company's employees in Shanghai were questioned by the police .
Agence France -Presse said that China's new version of the anti -spy law has made domestic and foreign companies disturbing.A staff member of a large international audit company said in May this year: "Each company is busy formulating regulations for protecting employees, but the definition of this law is very vague ... No one knows whether they are crossing the line, and I don’t know if they are over the line, and I don’t know if they are over the line.Where is the red line? "
Banes: Beijing will counterattack against the US Enterprise Washington for political motivation
The US ambassador to Beijing said that Beijing is out of political motivation for American companies, and Washington will fight back.
The Chinese Embassy in Washington emphasized that Beijing has the right to maintain national security through domestic legislation.Embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu said: "China continues to promote high levels of openness to the outside world, providing more rule -rule and international business environment for enterprises including the United States."
U.S. officials have told Reuters that since China promulgated the new anti -spy law in April, many companies and groups have asked the official risk of traveling to China.The State Department of the United States also updated to travel to China on Friday to include "may be illegally detained" in it and urged U.S. citizens to think twice before traveling.