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China — Updated Enforcement Directives for Deep Synthesis and Generative AI Services
Issued by Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC).
Summary
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 hyper-realistic deepfake content, requiring service providers to preserve metadata labels through editing, compression, and cross-platform sharing. The Cyberspace Administration of China also increased algorithm registration audits for recommendation and generative systems. Developers were expected to demonstrate safeguards against algorithmic manipulation and show how their systems support information diversity within China’s regulated digital environment.
Why it matters
Mandatory cryptographic watermarking; persistent metadata labels across editing, compression, and sharing; increased algorithm registration audits; controls for recommendation and generative systems; safeguards against algorithmic manipulation; information diversity requirements.
Topics
Record metadata
- Country
- China
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Organisation
- Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)
- Document type
- Regulation
- Status
- In force
- Publication date
- 1 January 2025
- Last updated
- 27 June 2026
- Language
- English
- Original source
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Plain citation
Cyberspace Administration of China, Regulations on the Management of Deep Synthesis and Generative AI Services: Updated Enforcement Directives, 2025.
BibTeX
@misc{china_updated_enforcement_directives_deep_synthesis_generative_ai_2025,
title = {China — Updated Enforcement Directives for Deep Synthesis and Generative AI Services},
author = {Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {Global AI Governance Archive},
url = {https://www.cac.gov.cn/}
}See the citation guide for style-specific examples.
Recorded cross-references
- China — Interim Measures for the Management of Generative AI Services
- Beijing AI Principles
- European Union — AI Act 2025 Ban Phase-In and GPAI Guidelines
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