The first Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity Dialogue was co-chaired by visiting Chinese State Councilor Guo Shengkun, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Acting Secretary for Homeland Security Elaine Duke on October 4 in Washington, DC. 

According to Xinhua News Agency, at the meeting, Guo, also China's public security minister, called on the two sides to focus on cooperation and manage their differences so as to make bilateral cooperation in law enforcement and cybersecurity a new highlight in China-US ties.  

Cybersecurity, cybercrime and Internet fraud are the new threats facing the world and one of the major issues in the 21st century.

Both China and the US are paying lots of attention to combat cybercrime. Song Zhang, chief correspondent at Shanghai Wenhui Daily, told CGTN, "Cybersecurity dialogue and relationship between China and the US have been quite alright." He also pointed out that this issue has been significantly improved since 2015. 

Yun Sun, senior associate at Stimson Center commented that "In the US, I'am sure the government is willing and is eager to pursue the exchanges and sharing of information." 

When talking about data security and data privacy, Ronald Cheng, partner at O'Melveny & Myers law firm, said that in the US there is a whole system of laws and cases that address this issue. In China, people now are paying attention to the Cybersecurity Law. "If the two countries are able to improve their relationship, and to investigate cases and prosecute cases addressed to this area, I think, generally speaking, that is something that a private industry, companies and individuals, those that are involved in cross-border data flows, would be interested in and would welcome."

About law enforcement 

In terms of law enforcement, Ronald Cheng has suggested two ways of mechanism to have the suspects return from the US to China. 

Number one is through the immigration procedures. If these individuals were in the US unlawfully, the US immigration authorities would send them through the administrative process to have them removed from the US to China. 

The second way is through the criminal process. If these individuals are believed to have committed crimes in the US, and once these individuals are convicted or sentenced, it becomes easier to have these individuals to be sent back to China. 

"That really is the focus of these fugitives in the United States, especially when anti-corruption is concerned," he added.

As lots of repatriation issues have political sensitivity, Christopher Yung, director at East Asian Studies at Marine Corps University, asserted that it would be difficult to immediately handle and should be solved case by case.