Cybersecurity Law of the PRC takes effect

State Council of the PRC carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

Established: a 1 June 2017 commencement of the Cybersecurity Law after a 7 November 2016 NPC Standing Committee adoption.

Not established: a unique later censorship coefficient from commencement day, or that Xi wrote every CAC standard.

CAC implements. Operators store data.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Cybersecurity Law of the PRC takes effect, not a later speech about Cybersecurity Law of the PRC takes effect.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor decree exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to The NPC Standing Committee enacted the law under a Party leadership he chairs. CAC implements. Operators store data. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series. The National People’s Congress, the State Council, provincial governments, the People’s Liberation Army, Hong Kong’s executive, and foreign counterparties share specific files. Allegation is not a completed judgment. An OHCHR assessment is not a criminal conviction. A white paper is not a census. A UN pledge is not a delivered emissions path.