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CAC (Cyberspace Administration of China)

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China's internet regulator (国家互联网信息办公室), lead issuer of the binding AI rules (algorithmic recommendation, deep synthesis, generative AI services and AI-content labelling) and the body under whose guidance TC260 publishes the AI Safety Governance Framework 1.

Developed in
ch. 21, China: what chapter 08 does not already cover
Chapters
ch. 08, Regulatory Map · ch. 21, AI Laws Worldwide
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

4 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

CAC (Cyberspace Administration of China): mentions per chapter14 mentions of the term across 4 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter08 Regulatory Map: 6 mentions08 Regulatory Map610 Reading List: 1 mention10 Reading List119 Privacy & AI: 1 mention19 Privacy & AI121 AI Laws Worldwide: 6 mentions21 AI Laws Worldwide6No mentions in the other 19 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
CAC (Cyberspace Administration of China): mentions per chapter14 mentions of the term across 4 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter000102030405060708 Regulatory Map: 6 mentions60810 Reading List: 1 mention110111213141516171819 Privacy & AI: 1 mention1192021 AI Laws Worldwide: 6 mentions6212223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of CAC (Cyberspace Administration of China) per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map6Yes
10 Reading List1No
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents0No
18 EU AI Act0No
19 Privacy & AI1No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide6Yes
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents0No
  • TC260

    The National Technical Committee 260 on Cybersecurity of the Standardization Administration of China (全国网络安全标准化技术委员会), which drafts China's cybersecurity and…

  • Generative AI

    AI that outputs new content (text, images, audio, video, code) rather than an estimate about something that exists.

Sources

  1. [1] 《人工智能安全治理框架3.0》发布: announcement of the AI Safety Governance Framework 3.0 (TC260 under CAC guidance). Cyberspace Administration of China. 2026-09-14. https://www.cac.gov.cn/2026-09/14/c_1791137092283345.htm (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). CAC (Cyberspace Administration of China). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/cac-cyberspace-administration-of-china. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026caccyberspaceadministrationofchina,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{CAC (Cyberspace Administration of China)}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/cac-cyberspace-administration-of-china}
}