ChinaProvisions on the Administration of Deep Synthesis Internet Information Services, Articles 16 and 17
Provisions on the Administration of Deep Synthesis Internet Information Services (互联网信息服务深度合成管理规定) issued by CAC, MIIT and MPS, 2022, Arts. 16-17
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In force since 10 January 2023.
An AI transparency rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 14 August 2026.
What it requires
- Label content your service generates or edits, by a technical measure that does not interfere with normal use
- Apply a prominent public-facing label where the service simulates dialogue or writing, synthesizes or alters voice, generates or swaps faces, or builds immersive simulated scenes
- Retain the log information the Provisions require
What it reaches
How the hook was established
express
What makes it apply
Market targeting
What it makes you log
Logging duty
Article 16 requires a deep synthesis service provider to apply a technical measure labeling content it generates or edits and, in the same sentence, to retain log information (日志信息) in accordance with law, administrative regulations, and other relevant State provisions. The article names the record directly but states no retention period or content of its own, deferring both to other rules; no numeric period appears anywhere else in this Provisions' text. Article 17, also part of this instrument's citation, adds the public-facing prominent-label duty and states no logging content of its own.
- Kind
- Explicit
- As of
- 22 September 2026
- Provision
- Article 16
- Trigger
- content_generation
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
What this law does
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Deep-synthesis service providers must apply a technical measure to label content generated or edited using their service without interfering with normal use, and retain log information as required.
Where a listed category of service could cause public confusion, simulated dialogue or writing, synthesized or altered voice, face generation or face-swap, or immersive simulated-scene generation, the provider must apply a prominent label alerting the public to the deep-synthesis nature of the content. This is the earliest of China's four labeling instruments and is the one the 2023 Generative AI Interim Measures cross-references.
When LexLint raises it
generates_contentdeploys_chatbotprocesses_voiceprocesses_biometrics
Read the law
official CAC notice, read and confirmed directly, including the Article 16 and Article 17 text
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