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China AI Regulatory Tracker
webA regularly updated legal tracker from law firm White & Case summarizing China's AI regulatory developments; useful for practitioners and researchers tracking global AI governance fragmentation and China-specific compliance requirements.
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Importance: 52/100organizational reportreference
Summary
White & Case's China AI Regulatory Tracker provides a comprehensive overview of China's evolving AI regulatory landscape, covering key regulations on algorithmic recommendations, deepfakes, generative AI, and data governance. It situates China's approach within the global context of AI regulation, highlighting how China has pursued a sectoral, iterative regulatory strategy distinct from the EU's comprehensive horizontal framework. The tracker is regularly updated to reflect new legislative and regulatory developments.
Key Points
- •China has adopted a layered, sectoral approach to AI regulation, issuing targeted rules on algorithmic recommendations, synthetic media, and generative AI rather than one comprehensive law.
- •Key Chinese regulations include the 2022 Algorithmic Recommendation Rules, 2022 Deep Synthesis (deepfake) Regulations, and 2023 Generative AI Measures.
- •China's regulatory model emphasizes content control, national security, and Party oversight alongside innovation promotion, differing markedly from Western risk-based frameworks.
- •The tracker highlights the challenge businesses face navigating fragmented, jurisdiction-specific AI definitions and compliance requirements globally.
- •International bodies (G7, UN, OECD, Council of Europe) and major economies are all racing to develop AI frameworks, increasing regulatory divergence risks for multinational companies.
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| Government Regulation vs Industry Self-Governance | Crux | 54.0 |
| China AI Regulatory Framework | Policy | 57.0 |
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# AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker
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Keeping track of AI regulatory developments around the world.
## The global dash to regulate AI
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Increases in computational power, coupled with advances in machine learning, have fueled the rapid rise of AI. This has brought enormous opportunities, as new AI applications have given rise to new ways of doing business. It has also brought potential risks, from unintended impacts on individuals (e.g., AI errors harming an individual's credit score or public reputation) to the risk of [misuse of AI](https://www.whitecase.com/insight-alert/doj-doubles-down-warnings-against-ai-misuse) by malicious third parties (e.g., by manipulating AI systems to produce inaccurate or misleading output, or by using AI to create deepfakes).
Governments and regulatory bodies around the world have had to act quickly to try to ensure that their regulatory frameworks do not become obsolete. In addition, international organizations such as the G7, the UN, the Council of Europe and the OECD have responded to this technological shift by issuing their own AI frameworks. But they are all scrambling to stay abreast of technological developments, and already there are signs that emerging efforts to regulate AI will struggle to keep pace. In an effort to introduce some degree of international consensus, the UK government organized the first [global AI Safety Summit](https://www.whitecase.com/node/119196) in November 2023, with the aim of encouraging the safe and responsible development of AI around the world. The EU is also implementing the first comprehensive horizontal legal framework for the regulation of AI systems across EU Member States (the EU AI Act is addressed in more detail here: [AI watch: Global regulatory tracker - European Union](https://www.whitecase.com/node/121711), and you can read our EU AI Act Handbook [here](https://www.whitecase.com/node/134856)).
Most jurisdictions have sought to strike a balance between encouraging AI innovation and investment, while at the same time attempting to create rules to protect against possible harms. However, jur
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