Regulations of the People's Republic of China for Safety Protection of Computer Information Systems

Regulations of the People's Republic of China for Safety Protection of Computer Information Systems

Order of the State Council [1994] No. 147

February 18, 1994

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in order to enforce the safety protection of computer information systems, promote the application and development of computers and safeguard the smooth fulfillment of socialist modernizations.

Article 2 A computer information system referred to in these Regulations means a man-machine system composed of compute and its related and complementary sets of equipment and facilities (including network) which carry out collection, processing, storage, transmission, retrieval and other operations of information in accordance with specific application aims and rules.

Article 3 Enforcing the safety protection of computer information systems shall safeguard the safety of computer and its related and complementary sets of equipment and facilities (including network), the safety of operating environment, the safety of information, and the normal performance of computer functions so as to maintain the safe operation of computer information systems.

Article 4 The emphasis of the safety protection work for computer information systems shall be put on maintaining the safety of computer information systems in the important fields such as state affairs, economic construction, national defence and most advanced science and technology.

Article 5 These Regulations are applicable to the safety protection of computer information systems within the territory of the People's Republic of China.
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