On February 28, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) held a national conference on the rule of law on the Internet in Tianjin. The meeting summarized and reviewed the 30 years of effective experience in the establishment of online rule of law, analyzed the new situation and new tasks faced by online rule of law work, and researched and deployed online rule of law work in 2024. Zhuang Rongwen, Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department, Director of the Cyberspace Administration of China, and Director of the Cyberspace Administration of the People's Republic of China, gave instructions on the in-depth promotion of the rule of law on the Internet, Wang Song, Deputy Director of the Cyberspace Administration of China and Deputy Director of the Cyberspace Administration of China, attended the meeting and delivered a speech, and Zhu Peng, Vice Mayor of Tianjin, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.
Zhuang Rongwen pointed out in the instructions that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the general secretary has made important expositions and put forward clear requirements on the work of online rule of law many times, guiding the construction of online rule of law in the new era to achieve historic achievements and leapfrog development, and have embarked on a path of online rule of law with Chinese characteristics. The positioning and role of online rule of law work in the overall high-quality development of the internet information industry has become more prominent, shouldering new and more important missions and tasks. On the new journey, it is necessary to deeply study and comprehend the important expositions of the general secretary on the rule of law on the Internet, improve political capacity, strengthen the overall planning of the rule of law, improve the legal system, comprehensively administer in accordance with the law, strengthen the popularization of the law online, promote the work of the rule of law on the Internet to create a new situation, and strive to provide high-quality services, support and guarantees for the construction of a cyber power.
The meeting pointed out that under the guidance of the important exposition of the general secretary on the rule of law on the network, the national network information system has worked together and all regions and departments have worked together, the rule of law in cyberspace has been comprehensively accelerated, the network legislation has been accelerated, the network legal system has been basically formed and continuously improved, the network law enforcement has been deepened, the network ecology has been further consolidated, the network justice has been carried out in depth, the fairness and justice in cyberspace have been strongly demonstrated, the online law popularization has been carried out in depth, and the role of the main channel of the main position of online law popularization and publicity has been fully highlighted. The construction of the rule of law on the Internet has taken a new historical direction.
The meeting emphasized that 2024 is the 10th anniversary of the strategic goal of becoming a cyber power put forward by the general secretary of the Communist Party of China, the 30th anniversary of China's full-featured access to the Internet, and the 30th anniversary of the start of the construction of the rule of law on the Internet. Online rule of law efforts should strengthen overall planning and cohesion, do a good job of urging the implementation of guiding opinions on strengthening online rule of law work in the new era, deepen the establishment of the online rule of law work system, and carry out a series of summaries and publicity on the "Thirty Years of China's Establishment of Online Rule of Law"; Online legislation should focus on the general trend and serve the overall situation, focus on the missions and tasks of internet information work, and complete and improve the online legal system; The establishment of the rule of law in internet information should be advanced in depth, scientifically regulated, consolidating entity responsibility, persisting in making decisions in accordance with law, and advancing strict, regulated, fair, and civilized law enforcement; Online rule of law publicity should be innovatively implemented, improving quality and efficiency, innovating forms and means, seizing key populations, building strong team positions, and continuously consolidating, deepening, innovating, and improving the pattern of large-scale online popular legal education; The establishment of foreign-related online rule of law should be internally and externally connected, and take the initiative to coordinate development and security in the course of high-level opening-up, comprehensively increase the ability to maintain open security in accordance with law, and actively participate in leading the formulation of international rules; Research on online rule of law should be problem-oriented and supportive, improve the level of service decision-making, improve the path for talent training, and strengthen the supporting role of think tanks.
The meeting reported on the work of online rule of law in 2023 and the units and individuals with outstanding achievements in online legal popularization in 2023, as well as the list of innovative cases, excellent cases and shortlisted cases of online legal popularization in the national network information system in 2023, and the responsible comrades of the cyberspace offices of Tianjin, Shanxi, Anhui, Hainan, Sichuan, and Xinjiang made exchange speeches at the meeting. Responsible comrades of the Cyberspace Administration of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, cities specifically designated in the state plan, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and responsible comrades of relevant bureaus (units) of the Cyberspace Administration of China attended the meeting.
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