AI disclosure law
China: AI-content disclosure requirements
China requires AI-content disclosure under CAC Measures for Labeling AI-Generated Synthetic Content + GB 45438-2025, in force from 1 September 2025.
What it requires
Content must carry explicit labels (user-perceptible text/audio/visual markers) and implicit labels (machine-readable metadata/watermarks embedded in the file). Users must not remove or forge labels.
Who must comply
Generative-AI service providers, content-dissemination platforms, app-distribution platforms, and end users.
What content is covered
AI-generated media, text, and synthetic voice.
Status and notes
In force since 1 September 2025, building on the 2023 Deep Synthesis Provisions.
How to comply with AIDisclose
Publish an ai-disclosure.json manifest declaring the AI systems your site uses, add the on-site snippet to render the required notices and labels in 28 languages, and keep timestamped, exportable evidence that they were shown. Start with a free check of your site.
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Checked 5 July 2026.