China passes Cybersecurity Law | Practical Law
The NPC Standing Committee has enacted the 2016 Cybersecurity Law, a sweeping cybersecurity law that remains largely unchanged from prior drafts circulated for public comment. The law establishes a comprehensive legal framework for cyber sovereignty, cybersecurity and data privacy protection. The law imposes various cybersecurity obligations on network operators and more stringent requirements for operators of critical information infrastructure (CII). The law will take effect from 1 June 2017.