Title: Fighting cybercrime: legislation in China

Authors: Man Qi, Yongquan Wang, Rongsheng Xu

Addresses: Department of Computing, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury CT1 1QU, UK. ' School of Information Science and Technology, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai 201620, China. ' Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Abstract: Computer and network development has been so rapid and dynamic these years in China. According to authorised international report, China has the most internet users in the world. However this trend has also expedited an exponential development of new crime in cyberspace. And the existing legal framework in China is insufficient to serve the changes. The internet related regulations put forth so far tend to be on a reactive mode. The paper provides an overview of cybercrime legislation in China, starting from the history of computer and network development, cybercrime development and corresponding legislation development in China. Then the detail of the legislation system is given based on a supposed classification.

Keywords: cybercrime; legislation; China; law; regulations; digital forensics; electronic security; internet crime.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESDF.2009.024905

International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics, 2009 Vol.2 No.2, pp.219 - 227

Published online: 03 May 2009 *

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