China's Cyberspace Administration proposes amendments to
the Cybersecurity Law
Issue date: September 12 2022
The Cyberspace Administration of China, together with other
relevant departments, recently issued proposed amendments to
China's Cybersecurity Law, seeking feedback by 29 September
2022. The introduction of the Cybersecurity Law in 2017, with the
aim of comprehensively regulating cybersecurity issues, was an
important milestone in the construction of the rule of law in
cyberspace in China.
The proposed amendments aim generally to improve cybersecurity
in China. In particular, they seek to make the law more consistent
with several other relevant laws that have been introduced since
2017: the Administrative Penalties Law, the Data Security Law, and
the Personal Information Protection Law. They significantly
increase fines for violations of the Cybersecurity Law.
