Law note · China
未成年人保护法 (Law on the Protection of Minors), Chapter 5 Network Protection, Articles 74-75
cite 未成年人保护法 (Law on the Protection of Minors) 2020 Revision, adopted 2020-10-17 by the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress, Arts. 74-75
stage IN FORCE in force since 2021-06-01
reviewed 2026-07-15
Requires providers of online games, livestreaming, audio-video and social networking services to build in time management, permission management and spending management functions for minor users, and requires online game providers to use a unified national electronic identity system to verify that game accounts are registered under the user's real identity, with no game service offered to minors between 22:00 and 08:00.
Primary source: official consolidated text, Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) portal