What To Know About China's New AI Regulations

When it comes to regulation of artificial intelligence, the Western world has focused on the European Union's consideration¹ of the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act, the Biden administration's Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights,² enforcement efforts by multiple U.S. federal agencies, and various U.S. state and local laws.³

What the Western press has not noticed as much is that China has steadily increased the ways in which it regulates these fascinating new technologies.

To be sure, China's National People's Congress Standing Committee has not adopted a law comprehensively regulating AI. However, the Personal Information Protection Law, Cybersecurity Law,⁴ and Data Security Law⁵ each address certain aspects of developing, providing, deploying and using AI systems.