The following matters involving national security and interests, which may damage the security and interests of the country in politics, economy, national defense, diplomacy and other fields after disclosure, shall be determined as state secrets:

(1) Secret matters in major state decisions;

(2) Secret matters in national defense construction and activities of the armed forces;

(three) the secret matters in diplomatic and foreign affairs activities and the secret matters that are under the obligation of confidentiality.

Extended data:

State secrets are classified into top secret, secret and secret.

Top secret state secrets are the most important state secrets, the disclosure of which will cause particularly serious damage to national security and interests; Confidential state secrets are important state secrets, the disclosure of which will cause serious damage to national security and interests; Secret-level state secrets are general state secrets, the disclosure of which will harm national security and interests.

The period of confidentiality of state secrets shall be limited to the necessary period according to the nature and characteristics of the matter and the need to safeguard national security and interests; If the time limit cannot be determined, the decryption conditions shall be determined.