Is the criminal case file a state secret?

Legal analysis: Criminal case file materials are confidential documents of state secrets. The so-called secret must be determined through legal procedures before it can become a state secret in the legal sense. State secrets, whether secret, confidential or top secret, cannot appear on the public security network.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Law on Guarding State Secrets.

Article 2 State secrets refer to matters that are determined in accordance with legal procedures and are known only to a certain range of people within a certain period of time and are related to national security and interests.

Article 10 State secrets are classified into three levels: top secret, confidential 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.