Organs and units shall determine, change and terminate the state secrets of their own organs and units, and the undertaker shall put forward specific opinions and be examined and approved by the person responsible for confidentiality. The designated person in charge of confidentiality must strictly perform the determination procedure. Generally, the secret-related business departments of organs and units first put forward the candidates to be appointed, and the organs and units' security agencies or comprehensive departments put forward their opinions after comprehensive research, and report them to the legal person in charge of the security work of the organs and units for determination.

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Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Guarding State Secrets

Article 12 The persons in charge of organs and units and their designated personnel are the persons in charge of confidentiality work, and are responsible for the determination, alteration and dissolution of state secrets of their organs and units.

When an organ or unit determines, changes or revokes the state secrets of the organ or unit, the undertaker shall put forward specific opinions, which shall be examined and approved by the person responsible for confidentiality.

Thirteenth to determine the classification of state secrets, we should abide by the confidentiality authority.

Central state organs, provincial organs and their authorized organs and units may determine top secret, confidential and secret-level state secrets; Municipal and autonomous prefecture-level organs divided into districts and their authorized organs and units may determine the confidentiality level and secret level of state secrets. The specific confidentiality authority and scope of authorization shall be stipulated by the state secrecy administrative department.

When an organ or unit needs to determine the classification of state secrets determined by its superiors, it shall be determined according to the classification of state secrets executed. If a lower-level organ or unit thinks that the confidential matters generated by this organ or unit belong to the confidential authority of the higher-level organ or unit, it shall take security measures in advance and immediately report to the higher-level organ or unit for confirmation; If there is no superior organ or unit, it shall be immediately submitted to the competent business department or the secrecy administrative department with corresponding confidentiality authority for confirmation.

Public security and state security organs shall, within the scope of their work, determine the classification of state secrets in accordance with the prescribed authority.

Fourteenth state organs and units shall determine the classification of state secrets according to the specific scope of state secrets and their classification, and at the same time determine the confidentiality period and the scope of knowledge.