Issuance of "Guidelines for Classification and Grading of Financial Information Service Data"

On June 13, according to the Cyberspace Administration of China, in order to guide financial information service institutions to carry out data classification and grading and important data identification work, and to enhance the data security level of financial information services, based on the "Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China", the "Data Security Law of the People's Republic of China", the "Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China", the "Regulations on Network Data Security Management", the "Regulations on the Management of Financial Information Services", and other laws, regulations, rules, and policies, the Cyberspace Administration of China, the People's Bank of China, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the National Bureau of Statistics, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange have formulated the "Guidelines for Data Classification and Grading of Financial Information Services". The original text is as follows: Notification on the issuance of the "Guidelines for Data Classification and Grading of Financial Information Services" National Cyberspace Administration Office Document No. [2026]2 Internet Information Offices of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, headquarters of the People's Bank of China in Shanghai, branches in provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and separately planning cities, regulatory bureaus of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, branches of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Statistics Bureaus of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, survey teams of the National Bureau of Statistics, branches of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange in provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and separately planning cities, relevant financial information service institutions: In order to guide financial information service institutions to carry out data classification and grading and important data identification work, and to enhance the data security level of financial information services, based on the "Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China", the "Data Security Law of the People's Republic of China", the "Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China", the "Regulations on Network Data Security Management", the "Regulations on the Management of Financial Information Services", and other laws, regulations, rules, and policies, the Cyberspace Administration of China, the People's Bank of China, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the National Bureau of Statistics, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange have formulated the "Guidelines for Data Classification and Grading of Financial Information Services". We now issue it to you, please implement it seriously in practice. Cyberspace Administration of China People's Bank of China China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission China Securities Regulatory Commission National Bureau of Statistics State Administration of Foreign Exchange June 8, 2026 This article is excerpted from the National Cyberspace Administration Office, edited by GMTEight: Chen Wenfang.