China Interim Measures for Anthropomorphic Interaction Services (in force 2026-07-15)

A minors' mode; AI signals and a reminder after two hours of continuous use; an easy exit; a security assessment at 1 million registered or 100,000 monthly active users; filing

By Jorge García Aibar Reviewed 2026-09-24

From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-CN-ANTHRO. Drawn from chapter 08.

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Clause: China Anthropomorphic, CAC anthropomorphic interaction measures.
Duty holder: Providers of emotional-interaction AI….
Applies from: 2026-07-15, In force.
Artefact: Minors'-mode configuration.
Layers: Layer 01, Layer 02, Layer 04, Layer 05.
Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
Record schema: Evidence record.
No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.

When this obligation applies The first date in the row's status, then each later step: filled once its date has passed, outlined while it is still ahead of the review date.

Data table: the dates

Dates of AIGE-OBL-CN-ANTHRO
Date	Step	Detail
2026-07-15	In force	Binding; in force 2026-07-15

Id: AIGE-OBL-CN-ANTHRO
Instrument: China Interim Measures for Anthropomorphic Interaction Services (2026) law
Clause: CAC anthropomorphic interaction measures
In scope: Providers of emotional-interaction AI services to the public in China
Authority: CAC
Applies from: 2026-07-15 In force · Binding; in force 2026-07-15

The artefact that evidences it

Minors'-mode configuration; reminder timer; user-count threshold monitor; security-assessment report; filing record.

Patterns that build it

No pattern in the catalogue names this clause on its "Maps to" line yet; the artefact above is the engineering answer.

Source

Chapter 08, section China, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

This obligation: /api/v1/obligations/aige-obl-cn-anthro.json
The register: /api/v1/obligations.json · CSV
Schema and stability promise: open data and API

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). China Interim Measures for Anthropomorphic Interaction Services (in force 2026-07-15) (AIGE-OBL-CN-ANTHRO). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-cn-anthro. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{China Interim Measures for Anthropomorphic Interaction Services (in force 2026-07-15) (AIGE-OBL-CN-ANTHRO)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-cn-anthro},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}