Article 11 Cyber-related industrial organizations shall, in accordance with their regulations, intensify
industrial self-discipline, formulate regulations on cybersecurity behaviors, instruct their members to
strengthen cybersecurity protection, raise the level of cybersecurity protection and promote the healthy
development of relevant industries.
Article 12 The State protects the rights of citizens, legal persons and other organizations to use cyberspace
according to the law, promotes the popularity of network access, and raises the level of network services, so
as to provide the public with secure and convenient network services and guarantee the orderly and free
flow of network information in accordance with the law.
Any individual and organization using the network shall comply with the constitution and the laws, follow the
public order and respect social moralities, and shall neither endanger cybersecurity, nor engage in activities
by making use of the network that endanger the national security, honor and interests, incite to subvert the
State power and overthrow the socialist system, incite to split the country and undermine the national unity,
advocate terrorism and extremism, propaganda of ethnic hatred and discrimination, spread violent and
pornographic information, fabricate or disseminate false information to disturb the economic and social
order, or infringe on the fame, privacy, intellectual property and other legitimate rights and interests of
others.
Article 13 The State encourages the research and development of network products and services that are
favorable to minors' healthy growth and takes punitive measures against acts by making use of the network
for those activities that do harm to the physical and psychological health of minors according to the law for
the purpose of creating a secure and healthy network environment for minors.
Article 14 Any individual or organization shall have the right to report the behaviors that endanger
cybersecurity to the cyberspace administration authorities, telecommunication departments, public security
departments, etc. Any department receiving a report shall promptly handle such report in accordance with
the law and transfer the report to the department with the jurisdiction if the said report is beyond its own
responsibility.
Departments concerned shall maintain the confidentiality of certain information on informants and protect
their legitimate rights and interests.
Chapter II Support and Promotion of Cybersecurity
Article 15 The State establishes and improves the system of cybersecurity standards. The competent
standardization administrative department under the State Council and other relevant departments under
the State Council shall, in accordance with their respective responsibilities, organize the formulation of
relevant national and industrial standards for cybersecurity administration and the security of network
products, services and operations and make revisions at appropriate times.
The State supports enterprises, research institutions, institutions of higher education, and network-related
industrial organizations to participate in the formulation of national and industrial standards for
cybersecurity.
Article 16 The State Council and the people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and
municipalities directly under the Central Government shall conduct the overall planning, increase the input,
support key cybersecurity technology industries and projects, support the research, development and
application of cybersecurity technologies, promote safe and reliable network products and services, and
protect the intellectual property rights of network technologies and support enterprises, research institutes,
institutions of higher education to participate in national innovation projects related to cybersecurity
technologies.
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