The Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China, adopted at the 24th Session of the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on November 7, 2016, will come into force on June 1, 2017. On May 11, 2017, the Cyberspace and Information Law Research Committee of China Law Society and CASS Law Institute jointly organized the Fourth Roundtable on Cyberspace and Information Law and the Seminar on the Prospect of Implementation of Cybersecurity Law, which was successfully held at CASS Law Institute.

The roundtable was sponsored by the Cyberspace and Information Law Research Committee of China Law Society, and jointly organized by CASS Center for the Study of Culture and Legal System, Cyberspace and Information Law Department of CASS Law Institute and the Alliance of New Governance Think Tank. It is an interdisciplinary and cross-cutting small pragmatic meeting mechanism participated by the government, the internet and information industry, the academic circle and the mass media. Its purpose is to facilitate discussions on major issues in the development of the legal system of cyberspace and information and to provide advices and suggestions to the government on dealing with these issues.

At this round of roundtable and seminar, the participants gave keynote speeches and carried out in-depth discussions in which they analyzed in light of their own practical work and from their own perspectives various concepts, principles and rules involved in the Cybersecurity Law and the possible problems, difficulties and challenges faced by China in the implementation of the law, and put forward many feasible proposals on the implementation of the law and on the adoption and improvement of relevant supporting rules and regulations.