On 1 August 2022, the revised Provisions on the Administration
of Information Services for Mobile Internet Applications
("Revised Provisions"), which was issued by the
Cyberspace Administration of China on 14 June 2022, came into
force. The Revised Provisions were issued in response to the recent
legislation on relevant data protection laws which aim to establish
a data governance system in China by strengthening the supervision
of application providers and application distribution
platforms.
The Revised Provisions substantially amended the original ones
("Original Provisions"), increasing the provisions from
11 to 27 articles and clarifying the requirements in relation to
the provision of application information services and application
distribution services in the People's Republic of China
("PRC").
