OSINT NEW LAW = WAR PREPARATION?
Beijing has ring-fenced its entire weapons industry.
Reg #808: 7 chapters, 51 articles, in force 15 Sep 25.
What it hides & why it screams mobilisation 
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China has promulgated Regulation 808—“Rules on the Protection of Important Military-Industrial Facilities” (7 chapters, 51 articles). It enters into force on 15 Sep 2025 and applies to R&D hubs, yards, depots, data centres, ports and rail spurs.
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Purpose: tighten physical, cyber- and counter-espionage security across the entire defence-industrial supply chain. It is the first comprehensive update to facility-protection law since the early 2000s.
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Provinces must submit detailed protection-zone maps to Beijing within 15 days of approval. This short filing window creates a brief open-source opportunity to obtain location data before documents become restricted.
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All covered sites are now classified as “key counter-espionage units.” The Ministry of State Security will embed insider-threat, cyber security and data-security programmes at each facility with mandatory annual risk assessments.
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Article 14 and Article 41 criminalise unauthorised photography, mapping, drone flights or GPS tagging inside protection zones. Violations can escalate from administrative fines to espionage charges.
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For any “major scientific or technical test” a facility may lock down surrounding land, sea and airspace with 15 working-day notice. Expect an increase in missile trials, EM-testing and related exclusion zones.
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Articles 12–19 require perimeter fencing, intrusion radar, counter-UAS jamming, electromagnetic shielding and, for water areas, compulsory marking on navigation charts and AIS blackout procedures.
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High-priority clusters to watch:
• Jiangnan & Hudong (Shanghai)
• Bohai & Dalian (Liaoning)
• Xiamen–Fuzhou (Fujian)
• Guangdong–Hainan arc
Track fresh NOTAM / NOTMAR rings here pls.
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National and provincial land-use, transport and tourism plans must now accommodate defence-industry protection requirements. Projects may be rerouted, cancelled or compensated if they conflict with security zones.
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Eight new offences are enumerated, including trespass, drone overflight, RF interference, fence damage and disruption of production. Penalties scale from fines to criminal prosecution under the Criminal Law and Counter-Espionage Law.
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Provincial governments may establish external “safety-control belts” when baseline measures are deemed insufficient. Landowners retain title but lose the right to develop activities considered hazardous to facility security.
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Comparative precedent: Russia enacted its critical-infrastructure protection law in July 2021; the Ukraine invasion followed seven months later. Regulation 808 aligns with China’s 2023 Counter-Espionage Law and 2024 National Mobilisation Guidelines.
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Recommended OSINT tasks for folks:
Scrape provincial “保护区公示” notices.
-Track tenders for jammers, intrusion radar, fencing.
-Acquire weekly SAR imagery of key yards.
-Record NOTAM/NOTMAR expansions.
-Archive all primary sources.
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Regulation 808 completes the legal framework for rear-area hardening prior to any major operation. Analysts should treat 15 Sep 2025 as the point at which China’s defence-industrial base attains wartime security posture.
By 15 Sep 2025, China’s entire defence-industrial complex will be operating under counter-espionage lockdown and test-readiness protocols.
This is a systemic shift from peacetime transparency to wartime footing. The legal foundations for large-scale operations are now set; only timing remains.
All eyes on the Pacific.
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