Article 38 of the Anti-Spy Law stipulates that illegal clauses refer to

It refers to the act that people who know state secrets or information provide their own state secrets or information to people who should not know them by illegal sale or disclosure. According to the provisions of Article 38 of the Anti-Spy Law of the People's Republic of China, the illegal provisions in Article 38 of the Anti-Spy Law refer to the act that a person who knows a state secret or intelligence provides the secret or intelligence to other people who should not know it by illegal sale or disclosure. The Anti-Spy Law aims to protect the security of state secrets and intelligence, prevent them from being illegally disclosed or provided to people who should not know, and thus safeguard national security and stability.