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Comprehensive legislation on the healthy development of AI (State Council and NPCSC 2026 legislative work plans)

ProposedBillBinding人工智能健康发展综合性立法

The State Council 2026 legislative work plan (Guobanfa [2026] No. 14, dated 8 May 2026) commits to 'accelerating comprehensive legislation on the healthy development of AI' and to legislation on data, compute, algorithms and key AI applications. The NPCSC 2026 plan lists AI healthy-development legislation as a research-and-drafting item to be scheduled for review as appropriate.

Why it matters

China is moving from targeted CAC rules toward a horizontal AI statute; no draft text has been published yet.

SourceState Council General Office (reprinted on Ministry of Ecology and Environment website): https://www.mee.gov.cn/zcwj/gwywj/202605/t20260514_1152263.shtmlSecondary: https://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/2026/07-03/10651809.shtml Checked against the source on 4 Oct 2026. Plans published 11 May 2026 (per China News Service). No draft law released as of 4 Oct 2026.

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Comprehensive legislation on the healthy development of AI (State Council and NPCSC 2026 legislative work plans). State Council / NPC Standing Committee. Status: Proposed. wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/rule/cn-comprehensive-ai-law-legislative-plan-2026/ (verified 4 Oct 2026).

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