| Strategic: |
dealing with intelligence of national strategic significance. |
| Multifaceted: |
using different means to conduct intelligence work at home and abroad (including Chinese mainland) in as many aspects as possible. The work, static and dynamic alike, involves the application of science and the appeal to humanity. |
| Secretive: |
concealment for both defensive and offensive moves. |
| Challenging: |
to take a preemptive move to win the “the battle of wits” is a tough job, to which a strong sense of ambition and mission is essential. |
| Sci-tech: |
using the modern techniques and equipment under the support of intelligence operations to collect information related to state-of-the-art technologies. |