Regulates generative AI services in mainland China, emphasizing legal compliance, societal ethics, and security. Encourages innovation while preventing discrimination and protecting personal information. Mandates providers to ensure content accuracy, transparency, and user privacy. Enforces penalties for non-compliance.
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This is a binding regulatory instrument issued by multiple Chinese government ministries with mandatory language, explicit enforcement mechanisms including penalties and sanctions, and formal legal authority under Chinese cybersecurity and data protection laws.
The document has good coverage of approximately 10-12 subdomains, with strong focus on discrimination and toxicity (1.1, 1.2), privacy and security (2.1, 2.2), misinformation (3.1, 3.2), malicious actors (4.1, 4.3), and AI system safety (7.3, 7.4). Coverage is concentrated in content safety, data protection, and operational reliability domains.
This document primarily governs the Information sector, specifically organizations providing generative AI services through data processing, telecommunications, and broadcasting. It also has limited applicability to Educational Services and Arts/Entertainment sectors where generative AI is used, though other state provisions may take precedence in those areas.
The document comprehensively covers multiple AI lifecycle stages with particular emphasis on Build and Use Model, Deploy, and Operate and Monitor stages. It addresses data collection and processing, model development, deployment requirements, and ongoing operational monitoring with detailed governance measures for each stage.
The document explicitly focuses on generative AI services and technology, defining it as models and technologies that generate content such as text, images, audio, or video. It does not distinguish between frontier AI, general purpose AI, or task-specific AI, nor does it mention foundation models, compute thresholds, or open-weight models. The scope is broad, covering all generative AI services provided to the public in mainland China.
Cybersecurity Administration of the People's Republic of China, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China, State Administration of Radio and Television
The document is jointly issued by seven Chinese government ministries and agencies, as listed at the end of the document. These are the proposing authorities that drafted and promulgated these interim measures.
Departments for internet information, reform and development, education, science and technology, industry and informatization, public security, radio and television, and press and publication; state internet information department; relevant regulatory departments
Article 16 explicitly identifies multiple government departments responsible for enforcement based on their respective duties. Article 20 specifies the state internet information department has authority to address non-compliant services. Article 21 specifies relevant regulatory departments will impose penalties.
Departments for internet information, reform and development, education, science and technology, industry and informatization, public security, radio and television, and press and publication; relevant departments in charge conducting oversight inspections
Article 16 establishes that the same departments responsible for enforcement also conduct monitoring and oversight. Article 19 specifies that providers must cooperate with relevant departments carrying out oversight inspections, providing technical data and other support.
Organizations and individuals that use generative AI technology to provide generative AI services (including providing generative AI services through programmable interfaces and other means) to the public in mainland China
The document explicitly defines 'Generative AI service providers' as the primary target entities. Article 2 specifies the measures apply to those using generative AI technologies to provide services to the public in mainland PRC for generation of text, images, audio, video, or other content.
16 subdomains (7 Good, 9 Minimal)