GT China Newsletter: Fall 2021: Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity State Council Issues Regulations on the Security Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure ????????????????????? On Aug. 17, 2021, the State Council issued the Regulations on the Security Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure (the Regulations), which took effect Sept. 1, 2021. The Regulations require the State to implement prioritized protection of Critical Information Infrastructures (CII), adopting measures to monitor, defend, and dispose of cybersecurity risks and threats from within and outside China to protect CII from attacks, intrusions, interferences, and sabotage, and to legally punish illegal and criminal activities that endanger the security...