Brief Comments On Draft Amendment Of China's Cybersecurity Law

On 12 September 2022, the CAC circulated for public comment the Decision to Amend the Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft to Solicit Comments).

The draft amendment of the Cybersecurity Law addressed the following perspectives：

1. Highlighting the importance of cybersecurity management tools. The Graded Protection System for Cybersecurity and the Catalog of Critical Network Equipment and Specialized Cybersecurity Products(“Catalog”) have become the core tools for cybersecurity management. The Graded Protection System for Cybersecurity is the security certification and management measure for network access systems, while the Catalog has become a market access gateway for critical network equipment. Violation of the above requirements will be subject to severe penalty.