중국 ‘네트워크안전법’상 보안등급제도에 대한 비판적 검토

China enacted the 2017 Network Safety Act to protect the country's cyber security and privacy. However, major foreign countries have been criticized that the law could create new data trade barriers and that key information from foreign companies operating in China could be leaked by arbitrary execution. This law is considered to have spread to the area of 'cyber security regulation' where ‘new protectionism’, which was triggered by the US-China trade war, started. This paper analyzes the problems of the “Network Safety Law”, which can have a significant impact on Korean companies entering China. This paper analyzes the problems centering on the “security rating system” under the “Network Safety Act”, which can have a significant impact on Korean companies entering China. The Act is ambiguous in that it does not specify the specific criteria for important information and network safety-risk information. In addition, the criteria for classification of network-grade that affect the level of security obligations of network operators are ambiguous. Also, there is a possibility of technology leakage in the certification process for network equipment. If China misuses these problems to steal corporate information or put pressure on them, Korean companies will be greatly affected. In this way, if China pursues corporate censorship unilaterally with cyber security as an excuse, it can put a heavy burden on domestic IT companies as well as all small and medium enterprises. This article considers these problems as a problem of trade, especially as a technical barrier to international trade. It is necessary to seek ways to jointly respond to international interests such as the WTO jointly with major countries such as the United States and Japan, which share interests with us. In fact, the United States is calling for amendments to the Network Security Rating Scheme under the law in ongoing negotiations with China. In fact, the United States is calling for amendments to the Network Security Rating Scheme under the law in ongoing negotiations with China. This paper proposes to eliminate the ambiguity of the security rating system and the possibility of arbitrary execution, thereby resolving the fear of leaking the core information of our company. In addition, this article proposes a way to reduce the burden of additional certification by applying the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) to network equipment certification.