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China
3 governance documents recorded for China. Sections appear only where the archive holds material.
- 3Documents
- 2Legislation
- 3Issuing bodies
- Pre-2023Earliest record
AI governance status
No national AI strategy is recorded for China in the archive. 2 legislative or regulatory instruments are on record. No dedicated regulator is named in the recorded documents.
Relevant legislation
- ChinaRegulation1 January 2025
China — Updated Enforcement Directives for Deep Synthesis and Generative AI Services
China’s 2025 enforcement directives for deep synthesis and generative AI services intensified implementation of existing generative AI and algorithmic governance rules. The directives focused on advanced watermarking for…
- ChinaRegulation13 July 2023
China — Interim Measures for the Management of Generative AI Services
China’s Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services created a binding framework for public-facing generative AI services covering text, image, audio, and video outputs. The measures…
Education and skills initiatives
- ChinaRegulation13 July 2023
China — Interim Measures for the Management of Generative AI Services
China’s Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services created a binding framework for public-facing generative AI services covering text, image, audio, and video outputs. The measures…
Timeline
Legislation and proposals
- ChinaRegulation1 January 2025
China — Updated Enforcement Directives for Deep Synthesis and Generative AI Services
China’s 2025 enforcement directives for deep synthesis and generative AI services intensified implementation of existing generative AI and algorithmic governance rules. The directives focused on advanced watermarking for…
- ChinaRegulation13 July 2023
China — Interim Measures for the Management of Generative AI Services
China’s Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services created a binding framework for public-facing generative AI services covering text, image, audio, and video outputs. The measures…
Frameworks and ethics
- ChinaFramework1 May 2019
Beijing AI Principles
The Beijing AI Principles offered an early view of China’s AI governance thinking before later binding generative AI measures. Issued by the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence in 2019, the principles balanced rap…