# Shanghai (China)

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Shanghai
- **ISO code**: CN-SH
- **Type**: region
- **Region**: Asia / Eastern Asia

## In brief

Shanghai (China) has 1 recorded AI policy instrument, 1 of them binding and 1 in force. Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened. Shanghai is recorded here for its own AI instruments, which apply within its territory alongside China's national rules.

## Overview

Shanghai is recorded here for its own AI instruments, which apply within its territory alongside China's national rules. On record: Shanghai AI regulations (2022). This page was added in the October 2026 sub-national research round; see each instrument for what it requires.

## Regulatory status

Pending review: recorded from search extracts of the official sources listed on each instrument, which a reviewer has not yet opened.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: Shanghai AI regulations (2022). Strategy or guidance: none recorded.

## How to use this profile

- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Read these alongside China's national rules, which apply as well.

## Official sources

- Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on Promoting the Development of the AI Sector (official English translation) — Shanghai Municipal People's Government — https://english.shanghai.gov.cn/en-LocalRules/20240913/4395d1563dd548b39406cbe8833c9ef6.html

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (1)

- **Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on Promoting the Development of the Artificial Intelligence Sector** — Regulation, In force, binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/cn-shanghai-regulations-promoting-ai-sector
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/cn-shanghai-regulations-promoting-ai-sector.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/cn-shanghai
- **Official source**: https://english.shanghai.gov.cn/en-LocalRules/20240913/4395d1563dd548b39406cbe8833c9ef6.html
- **Source document**: Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on Promoting the Development of the AI Sector (official English translation)
- **Published by**: Shanghai Municipal People's Government
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: low
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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