thereto,
1. Cyber refers to the system that is constituted by computers or other information terminals and relevant
equipment to collect, save, transmit, exchange, and process information.
2. Cybersecurity refers to taking necessary measures to prevent attacks, intrusions, interference, sabotage on
the network, illicit use of the network, and accidents, to make sure the network is under stable and reliable
operation conditions, and the capabilities for ensuring the integrity, confidentiality and availability of the
network data.
3. Network operators refer to owners, administrators of the network and network service providers.
4. Network data refers to all kinds of electronic data collected, saved, transmitted, processed and generated
through the network.
5. Personal information refers to all kinds of information recorded by electronic or otherwise that can be
used to independently identify or be combined with other information to identify natural persons' personal
information including but not limited to: natural persons' names, dates of birth, ID numbers, biologically
identified personal information, addresses and telephone numbers, etc.
Article 77 For the protection of the operation security of the network, and saving or processing of
information involving state secrets, the provisions of laws and administrative regulations concerning
confidentiality shall be complied with in addition to this Law.
Article 78 The security protection of military networks shall be separately formulated by the Central Military
Commission.
Article 79 This Law shall come into force as of June 1, 2017.
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