China's electronic signature law clarifies and standardizes the following issues: 1. Clarify the legal effect of electronic signature. The Electronic Signature Law clearly stipulates that "the parties may agree to use or not use electronic signatures and data messages in contracts or other documents and vouchers in civil activities. A document in the form of electronic signature or data message agreed by the parties shall not be denied its legal effect just because it is in the form of electronic signature or data message. " In this way, the electronic signature has the same legal effect as the handwritten signature or seal; At the same time, it is recognized that electronic documents have the same effect as written documents, so that the existing civil and commercial law can be applied to electronic documents. 2. The technical and legal conditions of electronic signature are defined. An electronic signature can only be regarded as a reliable electronic signature if it meets certain conditions, such as "when electronic signature data is used for electronic signature, it belongs to the electronic signer", "when signing, the electronic signature data is only controlled by the electronic signer", "after signing, any changes to the electronic signature can be found" and "after signing, any changes to the content and form of the data message can be found". This clause provides strict and operable legal provisions to ensure the security and accuracy of electronic signatures and prevent fraud. 3. Provisions have been made on e-commerce certification bodies and behaviors. E-commerce needs a third party to authenticate the identity of the electronic signer. This third party is called an electronic certification service organization. The reliability of certification bodies plays a key role in the authenticity of electronic signatures and the security of electronic transactions. Considering that China's social credit system is not perfect at present, in order to ensure the safety and reliability of electronic transactions, the electronic signature law stipulates the market access system of certification services, clarifies the government's qualification management system for certification institutions, and puts strict restrictions on the personnel, funds, technology and equipment of electronic certification services. 4. Clarify the rights, obligations and codes of conduct of both parties to e-commerce transactions and certification bodies in electronic signature activities. For example, the time and place of sending and receiving data messages in an electronic contract, the procedure for an electronic signer to apply for electronic signature authentication from an electronic authentication service provider, the principles for the electronic authentication service provider to provide services, and the legal obligations and responsibilities that the electronic signer or the authentication institution should bear respectively are clearly defined. 5. The principle of "technology neutrality" is clarified. This legislation draws lessons from the principle of "technology neutrality" in the United Nations Model Law on Electronic Signatures, and only stipulates the standards that should be achieved as a reliable electronic signature, without limiting what technology can be used to achieve this standard, which leaves room for the adoption of new technologies in the future. 6. Provisions on legal responsibilities of government supervision departments have been added. "The staff of the department responsible for the supervision and management of electronic certification service industry fails to perform the duties of administrative licensing, supervision and management according to law, and shall be given administrative sanctions according to law; If it constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law. " Legislation clearly points out the legal responsibility of managers who fail to supervise according to law, which can not be found in foreign e-commerce legislation. In fact, it is made in view of the backward market credit system and imperfect e-commerce environment in China, and it is especially necessary to strengthen supervision. The above is the content of electronic signature law, I hope it will help you.