The Ministry of National Security of China said on Tuesday (October 31) that hundreds of illegal foreign -related meteorological detection points were recently found to transmit data to overseas in real time, which is widely distributed in more than 20 provinces across the country, causing hidden risks to national security.
According to the news released by the WeChat account of the "Ministry of National Security" in China, since this year, the national security organs have carried out special governance of foreign -related meteorological detection in the country with meteorological, confidentiality and other departments to investigate foreign weather and equipment agentsMore than 10, more than 3,000 foreign meteorological sites were checked, and hundreds of illegal foreign -related weather detection sites were found to transmit meteorological data to overseas in real time. It was widely distributed in more than 20 provinces across the country, causing hidden risks to national security.
The Ministry of National Security pointed out that some of these illegal foreign -related meteorological detection sites are directly funded by foreign governments. Some observations are set up around sensitive places such as military units and military industry enterprises for altitude approval and GPS positioning;Some are set in major grain production areas to analyze the growth of Chinese crops and grain output in Chinese crops; some long -term, high frequency, and multi -point real -time transmission to foreign official weather institutions, serving foreign land safety and meteorological monitoring.
The Ministry of National Security said that the relevant equipment is small in size, easy to install, difficult to find, can be automatically collected and transmitted in real time.Relevant foreign -related meteorological detection activities have not applied to the Chinese meteorological authority for foreign -related meteorological detection administrative licenses, and did not exchange meteorological data to the meteorological authority.Relevant regulations such as data security law.The national security organs jointly investigate and deal with relevant illegal activities in accordance with the law, and timely block illegal acts in the exit of meteorological data.
The Ministry of National Security pointed out that as the basic data, the common types of meteorological data are daily observation data, satellite data, radar data, etc., which are the constituent elements of information security and resource security.It is closely related to security, climate change, and public interests, and the behavior of illegal collection and transmission of meteorological data in cross -border transmission harms China's national sovereignty, security, and development benefits.
In 2022, the China Meteorological Administration, the Ministry of National Security, and the State Security Bureau jointly issued foreign -related meteorological detection and data management measures, which clearly stipulates that the establishment of foreign -related meteorological detection sites will be implemented.Site; national defense and military facilities areas, no open areas, key project construction areas, and other areas involving national security shall not be established to be established with foreign meteorological detection sites; if violated relevant regulations, they shall be ordered to stop illegal acts, correction within a time limit, and give warning or fines;Constitute a crime, be held criminally responsible.
The Ministry of National Security reminds that when any citizen or organization is launched, it should tighten the strings of national security to effectively protect meteorological detection data.The data.If illegal foreign meteorological data detection activities are found, reports can be reported through multiple platforms.
