Arrest of Huawei CFO Draws Attention to China’s National Intelligence Law

The National Security Law gives all Chinese citizens and entities the responsibility to supply intelligence information if requested.

A sign in support of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is displayed outside of the B.C. Supreme Court bail hearing of Meng, who is being held on an extradition warrant in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada December 10, 2018. REUTERS/David Ryder

The arrest of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver has drawn attention to recently passed Chinese legislation that requires all Chinese people and individuals at home and abroad to aid the communist regime in its global espionage efforts.

China’s National Security Law was passed in June 2017 and amended this April.