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China amends its Cybersecurity Law to add an AI article and raise fines, from 2026

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Source: CAC: NPC Standing Committee decision amending the Cybersecurity LawAlso reported by JunHe, Caixin Global

The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress adopted amendments to the Cybersecurity Law on 28 October 2025, in force on 1 January 2026. A new Article 20 commits the state to support AI research, training data and computing infrastructure, AI ethics rules, and risk monitoring, assessment and security supervision. The amendments raise the maximum fine for responsible individuals from 100,000 to 1 million yuan, allow fines of up to 10 million yuan for companies, and widen action against foreign entities.

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From 1 January 2026 Chinese law commits the state to AI risk monitoring and security supervision, with personal fines for responsible staff ten times higher than before.

When
28 Oct 2025
ID
WTA-N-2025-0063
Where
China
Who
National People’s Congress Standing Committee, CAC
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Summary by wheresthe.ai, from CAC and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at CAC

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2025-0063: “China amends its Cybersecurity Law to add an AI article and raise fines, from 2026.” wheresthe.ai, 28 Oct 2025. https://wheresthe.ai/d/cn-cybersecurity-law-ai-amendment-2025-10/ (source: CAC: NPC Standing Committee decision amending the Cybersecurity Law).

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