That is the
question business leaders are asking themselves across the world in light of
the new version of China’s Multi-Level Protection Scheme law, known as MLPS 2.0,
another Chinese cybersecurity regulation that comes into effect December 1,
2019. An expansion on the existing cyber security laws in China today, this
regulation mandates greatly enhanced monitoring and inspection powers by
Chinese government officials for all businesses in China, irrespective of
ownership makeup, by widening the scope of what constitutes as “critical” and
lowering the threshold for requiring government inspection and monitoring.