Mapping law fine meant to ‘intimidate’
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CHINA passed a revised mapping law yesterday to bolster understanding of its territorial claims and to create hefty new penalties to intimidate those who carry out surveying work without permission.
The National People’s Congress Standing Committee passed a revised version of the surveying and mapping law intended to safeguard the security of China’s geographic information, lawmakers told reporters in Beijing.
The revision aims to raise understanding of China’s national territory education and promotion among the Chinese people, said He Shaoren, head spokesman for the committee.
The law increases oversight of online mapping services to clarify that anyone who publishes or distributes national maps must do so in line with relevant national mapping standards.
The rise of technology companies which use their own mapping technology to underpin ride-hailing and bike-sharing services made the need for revision pressing, according to Xinhua news agency.
Foreign organizations who wish to carry out mapping or surveying in China must make clear they will not touch on state secrets or endanger state security, according to Song Chaozhi, deputy head of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping.
Foreign individuals or groups who break the law could face fines up to 1 million yuan (US$145,000), an amount chosen to “intimidate,” said Yue Zhongming, deputy head of the committee’s legislation planning body.
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