Provisional Measures on the Administration of Human-like Interactive Artificial Intelligence Services

• Authority: Chinese central government
• Jurisdiction: China
• Collections: Chinese law and policy
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2026-04-10

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

• Exposure to toxic content
• Compromise of privacy
• AI system security vulnerabilities
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
• Overreliance and unsafe use
• Lack of capability or robustness
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• False or misleading information
• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Loss of human agency and autonomy
• Competitive dynamics
• AI pursuing its own goals
• AI possessing dangerous capabilities

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has good coverage of approximately 11-12 subdomains, with strong focus on toxic content (1.2), privacy and security (2.1, 2.2), malicious actor misuse (4.1, 4.3), human-computer interaction risks (5.1, 5.2), and AI system safety (7.1, 7.3, 7.4). Coverage is concentrated in content safety, user protection from manipulation and overreliance, data security, and system robustness domains.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Information

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• Finance & Insurance
• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Educational Services
• Health Care & Social Assistance
• Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)
• National Security

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Information sector, specifically AI service providers offering human-like interactive services through digital platforms. It has minimal coverage of Health Care and Financial Services sectors through cross-compliance requirements, and mentions applications in social assistance contexts (childcare, elderly companionship).

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding regulatory instrument issued by the Chinese central government with mandatory obligations, specific enforcement mechanisms including administrative penalties and fines, and a definitive effective date of July 15, 2026.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document is formulated by state authorities based on existing Chinese laws. Article 4 identifies the State cybersecurity and informatization department as responsible for planning and coordinating governance and oversight.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer
• Summary: The regulation explicitly targets 'providers of human-like interactive services' throughout the document, defining them as entities using AI technologies to provide sustained emotional interaction services. Article 25 also targets application distribution platforms.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: Articles 4, 26, 27, 29, and 30 establish clear enforcement authority for cybersecurity departments and related government agencies at both national and provincial levels, with powers to conduct inspections, impose penalties, and order compliance.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: Articles 5, 22, 26, and 27 establish monitoring responsibilities for cybersecurity departments to conduct annual reviews, document reviews, and inspections. Industry organizations are also assigned a monitoring role through industry self-discipline.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Plan and Design
• Collect and Process Data
• Build and Use Model
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document comprehensively covers most AI lifecycle stages with particular emphasis on data collection and processing (Article 11), deployment (Article 22), and operational monitoring (Articles 10, 13, 24). It addresses the full lifecycle from model training through ongoing operation, with somewhat less emphasis on initial planning/design stages.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Models
• AI Systems
• Generative AI
• Task-specific AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document focuses on 'human-like interactive services' using artificial intelligence technologies but does not explicitly define AI models vs. systems. It regulates task-specific AI for emotional interaction and implicitly covers generative AI capabilities. No mention of frontier AI, GPAI, foundation models, compute thresholds, or open-weight models.