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China National Mapping Geographic Information Council on the 4th to the public in 2011 ten mapping geographic information illegal typical cases, including three years in a row foreign nationals in cases of illegal surveying and mapping. According to statistics, since 2006, China Surveying and Mapping Geographic Information administrative department in charge of relevant departments were investigated and handled nearly 40 foreign-related cases of illegal surveying and mapping.

ten cases with a citizen of the United States illegally in Xinjiang Surveying and Mapping case. According to reports, in August 2011, a U.S. citizen in China’s Xinjiang parts of handheld GPS receiver, illegal collection and storage of geographic information within the coordinate data of more than 90,000. Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of the U.S. citizens made to stop illegal surveying and mapping, the confiscation of surveying and mapping tools and mapping results, and impose the corresponding amount as fine.

National Mapping Geographic Information Council person in charge, in recent years, more and more foreign organizations and individuals to invest and carry out technical exchanges and cooperation as well as travel and exploration, scientific investigation, and other cultural exchanges. At the same time, foreign illegal surveying and mapping activities have also occurred. The main reason these cases, the First, some foreign organization or individual policy of China’s relevant laws and regulations do not quite understand the purpose of management and personal use, without authorization determination, collection, storing GIS data; a number of outside organizations and individuals use the cover of legitimacy to the illegal acquisition of GIS data, theft of state secrets in China, China’s national security problems.

The responsible person, geographic information, especially high-precision GIS data is an important national information resources and strategic resources. Mapping geographic information sector will increase the daily supervision and inspection of the intensity of the geographic information market, especially to strengthen the administrative enforcement of important cases, prosecute, and public exposure, to play the role of investigating and handling cases of warning. Will establish and improve the geographic information market supervision department of law enforcement cooperative working mechanism, the various departments joint prevention and control, the formation of a national geographic information safety net to more effectively prevent and fight against foreign illegal surveying and mapping activities, and to strengthen the high-precision GPS device applications. management and guidance.

He stressed that foreign organizations or individuals in China, intends to engage in surveying and mapping activities, and must strictly abide by relevant laws and regulations with the relevant department or unit of the People’s Republic of China shall take the form of joint venture, cooperation, and in accordance with legal procedures. application by the State Council administrative department in charge of Surveying and Mapping in conjunction with the military department in charge of surveying and mapping to make the approval decision.

It is understood that in 2012 China will be carried out to deepen the “problem map” special action, the focus will include: inspection of the books for supplementary map-related, tourism, the introduction of version, focusing on checking leakage painted territory, painted the wrong state boundaries and other issues; to carry out the inspection work to undermine the national sovereignty, secure Internet “problem map”.