On July 10, 2017, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) promulgated the Regulations on the Security Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure (Draft for Comment) (“Draft Regulations”), which will be open for public comment until August 10, 2017.
As a supporting measure to the recently promulgated Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “Cybersecurity Law”), the Draft Regulations further detail the rules under Article 31 “Critical Information Infrastructure ("CII"),” which is of great significance for many enterprises in many industries. The Draft Regulations were drafted by the CAC and will ultimately be promulgated in the form of State Council regulations, which will place it in a higher position than other Cybersecurity Law supporting measures, which have generally been introduced in the form of departmental rules or recommended state standards.
