{"id":201185,"date":"2026-04-01T05:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/china-issues-draft-rules-on-interactive-ai-services-insights\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T06:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:00:45","slug":"china-issues-draft-rules-on-interactive-ai-services-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/china-issues-draft-rules-on-interactive-ai-services-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"China Issues Draft Rules on Interactive AI Services | Insights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayerbrown.com\/en\/insights\/publications\/2026\/04\/china-issues-draft-rules-on-interactive-ai-services\">China Issues Draft Rules on Interactive AI Services | Insights<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayerbrown.com\/en\/insights\/publications\/2026\/04\/china-issues-draft-rules-on-interactive-ai-services\">https:\/\/www.mayerbrown.com\/en\/insights\/publications\/2026\/04\/china-issues-draft-rules-on-interactive-ai-services<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-01 05:51:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.mayerbrown.com\">www.mayerbrown.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Regulatory Landscape<\/strong>: Regulators worldwide, including China&#8217;s Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), are actively discussing regulations around AI-powered chatbots and virtual companions, focusing on their potential risks, especially for vulnerable groups like minors and the elderly.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Draft Measures Scope<\/strong>: The Interim Measures apply to AI services that simulate human interactions, including companions, assistants, and chatbots, particularly if they are used in professional sectors like healthcare, finance, or law, alongside other sector-specific regulations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Prohibited Activities<\/strong>: The Draft Measures impose a comprehensive list of prohibited activities both for providers and users, including content that incites national security threats, illegal religious activities, and harmful behaviors such as self-harm promotion.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Safety and Compliance Obligations<\/strong>: AI service providers must implement stringent safety management systems encompassing data security, cybersecurity, and ethical review, and establish safeguarding measures to intervene when users show signs of distress.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Data Training Regulations<\/strong>: Service providers are required to ensure datasets align with state values and cultural norms, with rigorous cleaning, labelling, and ensuring data traceability, along with security measures against tampering.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Protection for Minors and Elderly<\/strong>: Specific protections include dedicated minor modes, guardians\u2019 control over minors\u2019 usage, automatic minor mode activation, guardians&#8217; alert system, and personalized assistance for elderly users.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Transparency and Notifications<\/strong>: Providers must proactively notify users of AI interactions, guide excessive users to take breaks, and ensure easy exit options from the service.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Security Assessments<\/strong>: Service providers need to submit security assessment reports to provincial-level CAC authorities under various conditions such as significant changes in service functionalities or reaching large user numbers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Penalties and Enforcement<\/strong>: Violations under the Draft Measures may lead to warnings, reprimands, service suspensions, or other penalties according to current regulations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Business Compliance Advisory<\/strong>: Chinese businesses offering AI services should assess the applicability of the Draft Measures, anticipate required technical changes, and monitor updates to ensure compliance.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China Issues Draft Rules on Interactive AI Services | Insights https:\/\/www.mayerbrown.com\/en\/insights\/publications\/2026\/04\/china-issues-draft-rules-on-interactive-ai-services Publish Date: 2026-04-01 05:51:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":201186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.mayerbrown.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=400,quality=90,format=jpeg\/-\/media\/images\/tile-images-for-insights-and-news\/tile_bucket-300x400_87.jpg?rev=1a661a652ccb4cc68b760f9090bb790c","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201187,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201185\/revisions\/201187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}