In CAC's rules, AI safety means orderly information services: security assessment and filing before public deployment, traceability and labeling of synthetic content, and provider responsibility for content risk.
GovernmentChina
Cyberspace Administration of China
国家互联网信息办公室
Every public-facing generative AI service in China clears rules CAC issued or co-issued; its filing, security-assessment, and labeling architecture is the enforcement layer the rest of the stack builds on.
Importance
Assessed per aspect, band 0 to 3. There is no composite score.
Regulatory authority
3 · central
CAC issued or co-issued the four binding rules that govern algorithmic recommendation, deep synthesis, generative AI services, and AI content labeling.
Standards influence
2 · established
The 2024 national AI standardization guide lists the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission Office among its joint issuers, and the mandatory labeling standard GB 45438-2025 records CAC as its administering authority.
Technical capacitynot assessed
Convening powernot assessed
International interfacenot assessed
What safety means here
Leadership
No leadership roles are recorded with a verifiable source.
History
- 2021-12-31
Algorithmic recommendation provisions published as order No. 9, jointly with MIIT, MPS, and SAMR.
- 2022-12-11
Deep synthesis provisions posted, jointly issued with MIIT and MPS.
- 2023-07-13
Interim measures for generative AI services published.
- 2024-07-03
National AI standardization guide (2024 edition) posted.
- 2025-03-14
AI-generated content labeling measures published, effective 2025-09-01.
Connections
Recorded edges are co-issuance links with MIIT; each of the four binding instruments is a joint document rather than a solo CAC order. analyst judgment
Co Issues
- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology CAC and MIIT are both named co-issuing ministries for the Interim Measures for the Management of Generative AI Services.
- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology CAC and MIIT are both named issuers of the Deep Synthesis Provisions, together with MPS.
- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology CAC and MIIT are both named issuers of the AI-generated content labeling measures, together with MPS and NRTA.
- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology CAC's parent office and MIIT jointly issued the 2024 national AI industry comprehensive standardization guide.
Selected outputs
- Interim Measures for the Management of Generative AI Services2023
- Measures for Labeling AI-Generated and AI-Synthesized Content2025
- Provisions on the Administration of Algorithmic Recommendation in Internet Information Services2021
- Provisions on the Administration of Internet Information Services Deep Synthesis2022
Engagement fit
Assessmentanalyst judgment
- Plausible for
- Formal, regulator-to-regulator exchange on service rules, filing procedure, and labeling implementation, if framed through official channels.
- Constrained by
- It is a rule-issuing and enforcement body; open technical exchange on model evaluation sits more naturally with the standards and institute layer below it.
Open questions
- Whether to model the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission Office and CAC as one node or as linked but distinct nodes.
- Current leadership could not be recorded: the reference naming CAC's director did not resolve to a verifiable source.
Source appendix (7 records)
- cac-algorithm-recommendation-provisions-2022
Provisions on the Administration of Algorithmic Recommendation in Internet Information Services · Cyberspace Administration of China · 2021-12-31open
- cac-deep-synthesis-provisions-2022
Provisions on the Administration of Internet Information Services Deep Synthesis · Cyberspace Administration of China · 2022-12-11open
- cac-generative-ai-measures-2023
Interim Measures for the Management of Generative AI Services · Cyberspace Administration of China · 2023-07-13open
- cac-ai-content-labeling-measures-2025
Measures for Labeling AI-Generated and AI-Synthesized Content · Cyberspace Administration of China · 2025-03-14open
- cac-national-ai-standardization-guide-2024
Notice on Issuing the National Artificial Intelligence Industry Comprehensive Standardization System Construction Guide 2024 Edition · Cyberspace Administration of China · 2024-07-03open
- gb-45438-2025-aigc-labeling-standard
GB 45438-2025 Cybersecurity Technology: Labeling Method for AI-Generated and Synthetic Content · State Administration for Market Regulation / Standardization Administration of China · 2025-02-28open
- report-china-standards-evaluation-2026-06-05
China Standards and Evaluation Research Brief · Asia AI Safety Atlas research brief
Last verified 2026-07-07