AI law in China

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The guards that cover the most here

46 guards address 61 items across 1 jurisdiction with binding law: 8 binding law in force, 0 enacted but not yet applying, 29 standards and frameworks, 24 TwinEthos recommended guardrails.

1. Synthetic content not machine-readable-marked

   Mark every generated image, audio, video, or text output with machine-readable provenance, such as a signed C2PA manifest or watermark, before it is saved, served, or published.

   Addresses 2 items: 1 binding law in force · 1 standard

   Law in force in China (CN).

2. AI conversation designed to maximize time spent or discourage leaving

   Remove retention and guilt tactics from AI prompts and personas, and do not select or train AI variants on session length without wellbeing guardrails that can veto them.

   Addresses 1 item: 1 binding law in force

   Law in force in China (CN).

3. AI experience ignores age signals it already has

   Route every age signal the product holds into the AI session policy and apply a minor profile: tighter content, no romantic role-play, bounded engagement, frequent AI reminders.

   Addresses 1 item: 1 binding law in force

   Law in force in China (CN).

4. Algorithmic recommendation with no opt-out or non-personalized option

   Give users a setting that turns off personalized recommendation (or picks a non-personalized feed) and controls to view and delete their targeting tags, enforced in the feed service.

   Addresses 1 item: 1 binding law in force

   Law in force in China (CN).

5. Editing a person's biometric (face/voice) without their consent

   Prompt the user to notify the person being edited and store that person's own separate consent, keyed to the sample, before any face-swap or voice-clone call runs.

   Addresses 1 item: 1 binding law in force

   Law in force in China (CN).

6. GenAI content lacking explicit and implicit labels

   Add both a visible AI-generated label and implicit metadata naming the provider and a content ID to synthetic content before the file is saved, returned, or exported.

   Addresses 1 item: 1 binding law in force

   Law in force in China (CN).

7. GenAI training data without lawful source / IP / consent controls

   Gate every dataset entering pre-training or fine-tuning on a recorded lawful source and licence, and consent-filter or scrub personal information first.

   Addresses 1 item: 1 binding law in force

   Law in force in China (CN).

8. Public-opinion GenAI service without filing / security assessment

   Record the completed algorithm filing and security assessment for a public-opinion GenAI service, show the filing number in the product, and gate launch on it.

   Addresses 1 item: 1 binding law in force

   Law in force in China (CN).

9. Adverse AI decision without explanation/appeal

   Send each adverse AI-assisted decision with its main reasons and the AI's role, plus a way to correct data and appeal to a human who can change the outcome.

   Addresses 3 items: 2 standards · 1 recommended guardrail

10. AI chat interaction without disclosure

    Show an AI-identity notice at or before the first assistant turn, in the UI or as the opening message, and answer truthfully when asked if it is a bot.

    Addresses 3 items: 2 standards · 1 recommended guardrail

The top 10 of 46; the build plan ranks all of them and lets you narrow by AI feature.

By AI feature

Plans for one feature in China:

• Chat or assistant
• Decisions about people (hiring, credit, insurance, health)
• Generated text, images, audio or video
• Classification, scoring or biometrics
• Recommendations and feeds

Laws

• China AI Content Labeling Measures China (CN)
• China Algorithm Recommendation Provisions China (CN)
• China Deep Synthesis Provisions China (CN)
• China GenAI Interim Measures China (CN)