CRI听力:China's Draft on Cyber Security Wraps up Soliciting Public Opinions 

The 68-article draft law looks at the safety, operation, and information of Internet products, services, and network data.

It also stresses the protection of personal information from theft, leakage, or illegal use.

This follows a string of incidents concerning personal information.

Li Yuxiao is the head of Internet Governance and Law Institute at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication.

He believes more emphasis should be put in the protection of personal information:

"In terms of the society as a whole, we should consider there are different groups and they have different needs on the issue of cyber security. Some of the groups are more vulnerable than the others, such as teenagers and children."

The latest stats suggest the past twelve months have seen a loss of over 80 billion yuan due to information leakage and scams.

The draft law also raised concerns over trans-border data sharing or limiting data flow.

The draft says operators in charge of keeping key data should evaluate security conditions before providing any information overseas.

Du Yuejin, vice-chairman of the security response center of internet giant Alibaba, expresses his concern:

"Now many internet related industries and businesses are booming in China, and some are connected to international businesses. Under this circumstance, cross border date-flow has become ever more significant. If we don't manage it well, Chinese enterprises that potentially may become competitive globally through internet will face bigger challenges."

Observers also dismiss concerns that if the draft law is approved, foreign products and services will face restrictions.

Zuo Xiaodong, deputy director of China Electronic Information and Security Institute, says such worry is unnecessary.

The expert notes the need to strengthen such management is necessary, as China has been one of the countries hit most by internet security threats.

"They tried to attack our management system on cyber security which reveals their political motives. They say we restrict people's freedom on the internet. But we know the free flow of information on internet is under the precondition of security and we have to ensure the rights and interests of our country and our people."

Over 3-thousand public opinions have been solicited and delivered to China's top legislature.

For CRI, I'm Niu Honglin.