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Editor’s note: 2021 is the seventh anniversary of the implementation of China's anti-espionage laws. Over the past seven years, under the national security law, a number of pieces of legislation have been unveiled including the cybersecurity law, nuclear security law, bio security law and data security law, providing a firm legal basis for safeguarding China’s national security across a number of domains. However, the behaviors of foreign spies and intelligence agencies as well as other forces endangering China’s national security are no longer limited to traditional fields, and there are more activities in non-traditional security sectors, which poses a growing risk to the country’s economic and social stability and development. In recent years, China’s national security authorities have identified a number of major cases in both traditional and non-traditional sectors, eliminating eminent and potential risks. 

The Global Times learned from national security authorities that a non-profit organization focused on the oceans, which has received funding from overseas non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in recent years, has set up marine debris surveillance locations in coastal cities in China to collect sensitive data such as marine monitoring data which is reported back overseas. Before it was held accountable by Chinese security authorities in 2021, the organization has set up monitoring covering the country’s northern to southern coastal lines and the South China Sea, the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea. Among them, 22 monitoring points were close to the military targets, which directly threatened the military security. 

The non-profit organization conducts marine debris collection activities

 A non-profit organization sets up marine debris surveillance spots basically covering China’s coastal lines. After an individual attended a non-profit conference on the oceans and learned that the organization set up marine debris surveillance spots to gather the infor ..

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