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Asia-PacificVerified 2026-09-07

AI regulation in China

In forceObligations apply now. Non-compliance is actionable today.

China regulates AI through a series of targeted rules rather than one omnibus law: the Generative AI Interim Measures, the Algorithm Recommendation regulations, and Deep Synthesis rules, all administered by the CAC.

The instrument

Interim Measures for Generative AI + algorithm regulations

Administered by Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC).

Not yet mapped to obligation level

AIC has verified China's regulatory position — the status, the instrument and the administering body above are checked against primary sources. What is not here is the clause-by-clause breakdown of what the instrument requires, because we have not done that work for this jurisdiction yet.

We would rather leave that visible than write a plausible-sounding summary nobody checked. If China matters to your organisation, tell us and it moves up the queue.

This page is a general orientation guide built from public sources, not legal advice, and it does not establish that any organisation complies with China's requirements. AIC certifies governance against its own published standard; that is a different question from legal compliance, and neither substitutes for the other. Back to the map.