What is the theme of 2023 confidential publicity month?

May 2023 is the 34th "Confidentiality Publicity Month" in China, with the theme of "Uniting for a New Journey, Keeping Confidentiality Depends on Everyone".

Keeping state secrets is the basic obligation of citizens stipulated in our constitution, and secrecy plays a very important role in safeguarding national security and interests.

State secrets refer to matters related to national security and interests, which are determined according to legal procedures and only known to a certain range of people in a certain period of time. Keeping state secrets is one of the basic obligations of China citizens.

The Anti-Unfair Competition Law stipulates that trade secrets are technical information and business information that are not known to the public, can bring economic benefits to the obligee, are practical and are kept confidential by the obligee. Working secrets are generated in the official activities of the state, which are not state secrets and should not be disclosed publicly.

State secret level

State secrets are classified into top secret, secret and secret.

1, "Top Secret": It is the most important state secret, and its disclosure will cause particularly serious damage to national security and interests. The confidentiality period of top secret matters shall not exceed 30 years.

2. "Confidential": It is an important state secret, the disclosure of which will seriously damage the national security and interests. The confidentiality period of confidential matters shall not exceed 20 years.

3 "Secret": It is a general state secret, the disclosure of which will harm the national security and interests. The confidentiality period of confidential matters shall not exceed 10 years.