China未成年人保护法 (Law on the Protection of Minors), Chapter 5 Network Protection, Articles 74-75
未成年人保护法 (Law on the Protection of Minors) 2020 Revision, adopted by the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress, Arts. 74-75
In force since .
An age-appropriate design code rule binding private bodies.
- Private right of action
- No
What it requires
- Applies to providers of online games, livestreaming, audio-video and social networking services accessible to minors in China.
- Build time-management, permission-management and spending-management functions for minor users.
- If you provide online games, use the unified national electronic identity system to verify that game accounts are registered under the user's real identity, and offer no game service to minors between 22:00 and 08:00.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) and sectoral regulators, including the National Press and Publication Administration for games
Settledness
- As of
- Open questions
- Which products and services are 诱导其沉迷的产品和服务 ("products and services that induce [minors] to become addicted") that Article 74 bars?
- Which 国家有关规定和标准 ("state provisions and standards") govern the classification of games and the 适龄提示 ("age-appropriate notice") under Article 75?
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
Online game, livestreaming, audio-video and social networking services accessible to minors in China
Verification methods
Gov ID, Digital ID
What it makes you log
Logging duty
Articles 74 and 75 require time, permission and spending management functions, real-identity registration of game accounts through the national electronic identity authentication system, age classification and a 22:00 to 08:00 service ban. None of them requires the provider to keep a log or record of an age check or of a minor's use, and none sets a retention rule. Article 80, which tells a provider to preserve records when it removes harmful content or finds a crime against a minor, is a different section and is not part of this row.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Requires providers of online games, livestreaming, audio-video and social networking services to build in time management, permission management and spending management functions for minor users, and requires online game providers to use a unified national electronic identity system to verify that game accounts are registered under the user's real identity, with no game service offered to minors between 22:00 and 08:00.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app operates a social platform or serves under-18s.
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