# China

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: China
- **ISO code**: CN
- **Type**: country
- **Region**: Asia / Eastern Asia

## In brief

China has 3 recorded AI policy instruments, 2 of them binding and 2 in force. These measures govern generative AI services offered to the public in China, whether producing text, images, audio or video. Every record here links to its official source and states its verification status.

## Overview

These measures govern generative AI services offered to the public in China, whether producing text, images, audio or video. These measures require providers of AI generation and synthesis services to attach explicit labels (visible text, audio or graphic notices) and implicit labels (embedded metadata) to generated text, images, audio, video and virtual scenes. This State Council policy document (Guofa [2025] No.

## Regulatory status

Instruments on record: Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services (2023, regulation, in force); Measures for Labeling Artificial Intelligence-Generated and Synthetic Content (2025, regulation, in force); Opinions of the State Council on Deepening the Implementation of the 'AI Plus' Action (2025, strategy, adopted). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pending.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services, Measures for Labeling Artificial Intelligence-Generated and Synthetic Content. Strategy or guidance: Opinions of the State Council on Deepening the Implementation of the 'AI Plus' Action.

## How to use this profile

- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.

## Official sources

- Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services — Cyberspace Administration of China — https://www.cac.gov.cn/2023-07/13/c_1690898327029107.htm
- Measures for Labeling Artificial Intelligence-Generated and Synthetic Content — Cyberspace Administration of China — https://www.cac.gov.cn/2025-03/14/c_1743654684782215.htm
- Opinions of the State Council on Deepening the Implementation of the 'AI Plus' Action — Central People's Government of the PRC (gov.cn) — https://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/202508/content_7037861.htm

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (3)

- **Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services** — Regulation, In force, binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/china-interim-measures-for-the-management-of-generative-artificial-intelligence-services
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/china-interim-measures-for-the-management-of-generative-artificial-intelligence-services.md
- **Measures for Labeling Artificial Intelligence-Generated and Synthetic Content** — Regulation, In force, binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/china-measures-for-labeling-artificial-intelligence-generated-and-synthetic-content
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/china-measures-for-labeling-artificial-intelligence-generated-and-synthetic-content.md
- **Opinions of the State Council on Deepening the Implementation of the 'AI Plus' Action** — National strategy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/china-opinions-of-the-state-council-on-deepening-the-implementation-of-the-ai-plus-action
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/china-opinions-of-the-state-council-on-deepening-the-implementation-of-the-ai-plus-action.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/china
- **Official source**: https://www.cac.gov.cn/2023-07/13/c_1690898327029107.htm
- **Source document**: Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services
- **Published by**: Cyberspace Administration of China
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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