People's Daily:

Cybersecurity matters to the national security, social stability, and people's well-being and is a key part in building a safer China at a higher level. What measures have public security organs taken to protect cybersecurity? Thank you.

Sun Maoli:

Thank you for your question. I'd like to invite Mr. Wang Yingwei to answer. 

Wang Yingwei: 

Thank you for your question. In recent years, information construction and its applications in China have accelerated, and the deep integration of the digital economy and real economy demands more from cybersecurity. As the cybersecurity regulatory department, public security organs have fulfilled their duties and guided and supervised other organs and departments to implement the requirements of the national cybersecurity hierarchical protection system and key information infrastructure security protection system as well as continued to improve China's cybersecurity and data security protection capabilities so as to protect the growth of the digital economy.

First, we have improved the cybersecurity protection system. We have promoted the establishment of a hierarchical cybersecurity protection system and earnestly implemented it. We have refined the security protection system for key information infrastructure, organized the formulation of supporting policies and technological standards, guided and supervised network operators to fulfill their primary responsibilities, and strengthened cybersecurity management and technical protection to raise the level of security protection.

Second, we have conducted regular cybersecurity supervision, inspection, and administrative law enforcement. Public security organs organize cybersecurity supervision and inspection of key information infrastructure and important information systems every year. Through on-site scrutiny and technological testing, potential dangers are quickly detected, rectification is urged, and network operators are supervised to fulfill their security protection responsibilities and obligations in accordance with the law. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, hundreds of thousands of police officers have been deployed to supervise and inspect nearly 100,000 entities and more than 300,000 information systems, identifying and eliminating more than 2.2 million potential cybersecurity and data security risks of various types.

Third, we have strengthened the capacity of cybersecurity notification, early warning, and incident handling. We have ameliorated the national information updating mechanism on the network and information security, organized real-time monitoring, updating, early warning, and response regarding cybersecurity, and addressed several incidents promptly, effectively safeguarding national cybersecurity.

Next, the public security organs will comprehensively promote cybersecurity in a practical, systematic, and regular manner and carry out dynamic, active, deep defense, accurate protection, and integrated and coordinated prevention and control. We will upgrade the comprehensive cybersecurity prevention and control system to fully safeguard the security of national key information infrastructure, vital information systems, and data. Thank you.