In order to safeguard national security, safeguard the people's democratic dictatorship and the Socialism with Chinese characteristics system, protect the fundamental interests of the people, ensure the smooth progress of reform, opening up and socialist modernization, and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the National Security Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) is formulated in accordance with the Constitution of People's Republic of China (PRC).

2065438+On July 1 2005, the 15th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th NPC passed the new National Security Law. China and President Xi Jinping signed Presidential Decree No.29 to announce it. The law stipulates the national security tasks in the field of 1 1, such as political security, homeland security, military security, cultural security, scientific and technological security, etc. * * * There are 7 chapters and 84 articles, which will be implemented from July 20 15 1 day.

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Wang Zhenmin, Dean of the Law School of Tsinghua University: The central government's decision is to respond to the security challenges facing the country, legalize and institutionalize the overall national security concept, and build a national security legal system. This is the purpose of formulating the new national security law.

Wu Hao, member of the Law Committee of the National People's Congress and director of the Department of National Defense Politics and Law of the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council: The development and changes of the national security situation require China to formulate a comprehensive, overall and basic law.

The National Security Law covers all fields of national security, many of which are principled provisions, focusing on solving the universal problems in all fields of national security and the problems that need to be filled by legislation, and at the same time reserving space for formulating relevant supporting laws and regulations in the future.