Constantly build a defense line of network security and rule of law

　　Without network security, there is no national security. The Network Security Law of the People’s Republic of China is an important law in the field of national security and the first basic law in the field of network security. Over the past five years, this law has played an important role in implementing the overall national security concept, comprehensively implementing the strategy of strengthening the country through the internet, and safeguarding the sovereignty, security and development interests of the national cyberspace.

　　The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "We must adhere to the rule of law, run the Internet according to law, and surf the Internet according to law, so that the Internet can operate healthily on the track of the rule of law." The promulgation of the cyber security law conforms to the development trend of cyberspace security and rule of law, and opens a new stage of managing the network according to law. The network security law not only sets the basic systems of network operation security and network information security, but also provides the basic legal basis for establishing and improving the specific management system of related aspects.

　　In recent years, China has accelerated the top-level design in the field of network security, and a system of network security laws, regulations and policy standards with the network security law as the core has basically taken shape. From the promulgation of laws and regulations such as the Data Security Law, the Personal Information Protection Law, and the Regulations on the Security Protection of Key Information Infrastructure, to the promulgation of departmental regulations and policy documents such as the Measures for the Review of Network Security, the Measures for the Security Assessment of Cloud Computing Services, and Several Provisions on the Safety Management of Automobile Data (for Trial Implementation), to the formulation and publication of more than 300 national standards, and the promotion of the publication of a number of international standards & HELIP; … The continuous improvement of relevant systems in the field of network security has provided a solid legal guarantee for safeguarding national network security and the vital interests of the people.

　　The vitality of law lies in its implementation. In recent years, all localities and departments have incorporated network security into the overall situation of economic and social development to plan and deploy, increased network security protection, and promoted the implementation of the network security law. The National Internet Information Office investigated and dealt with all kinds of illegal cases according to law, which formed a powerful shock. According to statistics, in 2021, the national network information system interviewed 5,654 website platforms in accordance with the law, and cancelled the website license or filing with the telecommunications authorities and closed 17,456 illegal websites; The Ministry of Public Security has deployed special actions to resolutely crack down on illegal crimes that infringe on users’ information security and effectively curb the spread of such illegal and criminal activities. Relevant measures have greatly improved the level of Internet governance in China and pushed the network security work to a higher level and deeper level.

　　Network security is the line of defense and the bottom line. To maintain network security and nip in the bud, we should coordinate the legalization and standardization of network security. It is necessary to speed up supporting legislation and strengthen cross-departmental, cross-regional and cross-industry law enforcement cooperation in network security. At the same time, strengthen the top-level design of national standards for cybersecurity, constantly improve the national standards system for cybersecurity, and make great efforts to improve the quality of standards. In accordance with the requirements of the Network Security Law, we should pay equal attention to the development of information technology and network security. For network security, we should not only attach importance to information security and ideological security, but also create a clean and energetic cyberspace, effectively prevent network attacks and effectively safeguard the security of network information systems.

　　Maintaining network security is the common responsibility of the whole society. Further improve legislation, strictly enforce the law, promote law-abiding, give full play to the joint role of management departments, network operators, service users, industry associations and users, and constantly promote the legalization of cyberspace, so as to continuously build a network security defense line and let the people enjoy a beautiful digital life.

　　People’s Daily (June 10, 2022, 05 edition)