国家保密局 | |
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Agency overview | |
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Formed | March 1988 |
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Headquarters | 49 Dongrongxian Hutong,Xicheng District, Beijing |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Central Secrecy Commission General Office |
Website | www![]() |
National Administration of State Secrets Protection | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 国家保密局 | ||||||
Literal meaning | State Secret-Protecting Bureau | ||||||
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Office of the Central Secrecy Commission | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中央保密委员会办公室 | ||||||
Literal meaning | Central Secret-Protecting Commission Office | ||||||
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TheNational Administration of State Secret Protection is an institution of theState Council of the People's Republic of China that is responsible for the protection ofclassified information. It is under theChinese Communist Party'sCentral Secrecy Commission.[1]
Under the "one institution with two names" arrangement, it is also theOffice of the Central Secrecy Commission under theGeneral Office of theCCP Central Committee.[2]
The administration is responsible for the protection ofclassified information.[3] TheCriminal Law of the People's Republic of China (which is not operative in the Special Administrative Regions ofHong Kong andMacao) makes it a crime to release a state secret. Under the 1989 "Law on Guarding State Secrets,"[4] state secrets are defined as those that concern:
Secrets can be classified into one of three categories:
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