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Golden Shield Project
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<p>The Golden Shield Project , also named National Public Security Work Informational Project, is the <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">Chinese</a> nationwide network-security fundamental constructional project by the <a href="/facts/E-government/qX3n4Isv">e-government</a> of the <a href="/facts/People%2527s_Republic_of_China/lTjIXY5p">People's Republic of China</a>. This project includes a security management information system, a criminal information system, an exit and entry administration information system, a supervisor information system, a traffic management information system, among others.[<i>non-primary source needed</i>] </p><p>The Golden Shield Project is one of the 12 important <a href="/facts/Golden_projects/nhyvdzpn">"golden" projects</a>. The other "golden" projects are Golden Customs (also known as Golden Gate) (for customs), Golden Tax (for taxation), Golden Macro, Golden Finance (for financial management), Golden Auditing, Golden Security, Golden Agriculture (for agricultural information), Golden Quality (for quality supervision), Golden Water (for water conservancy information), Golden Credit, and Golden Discipline projects.[<i>non-primary source needed</i>] </p><p>The Golden Shield Project also manages the Bureau of Public Information and Network Security Supervision, which is a bureau that is widely believed, though not officially claimed, to operate a subproject called the <a href="/facts/Great_Firewall_of_China/HeQNWc3u">Great Firewall of China</a> (GFW) which is a <a href="/facts/Internet_censorship_in_China/gdfrbRXq">censorship</a> and <a href="/facts/Surveillance/hJhvWdSJ">surveillance</a> project that blocks data from foreign countries that may be unlawful in the PRC. It is operated by the <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Public_Security_of_the_People%2527s_Republic_of_China/1e0D70qJ">Ministry of Public Security</a> (MPS) of the <a href="/facts/Government_of_China/wGcnIR4s">government of China</a>. This subproject was initiated in 1998 and began operations in November 2003. It has also seemingly been used to attack international web sites using <a href="/facts/Man-on-the-side_attack/NaVjfGq0">Man-on-the-side</a> <a href="/facts/DDoS/6nkoK02J">DDoS</a>, for example <a href="/facts/Censorship_of_GitHub/9jH1Nm6d">GitHub on 2015/03/28</a>. </p>