China revised its law on state secrets on Tuesday to encompass sensitive information that didn’t previously fall under its scope, potentially adding to foreign businesses’ concerns over the risks of operating in the country.
The changes, the first to the law since 2010, were adopted by China’s top legislative body and signed by leader Xi Jinping, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. The amendments are the latest sign of Beijing’s heightened vigilance around potential national-security threats, following the passage of a strict information-security law and the rewriting of a law against espionage last year to expand the scope of state control of information.
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