China — Qinglang 2024 Special Campaign (Combating the Abuse of AI Technology)
Per the China AI Note (Zhichao (Kevin) Duan, Han Kun Law, February 2026), the November 2024 “Qinglang” (清朗) special campaign — Combating the Abuse of AI Technology — was jointly launched by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) together with other authorities. It is the highest-profile multi-agency AI enforcement action in mainland China to date.
Enforcement focus areas highlighted in the AI Note:
- Generative AI products providing public services without the required filing or registration.
- The dissemination or sale of tutorials and tools for unauthorised generative AI development.
- Inadequate management of training data.
- The propagation of AI-generated illegal content, including rumours.
The campaign is grounded in China’s AI-specific regulatory stack: the Generative AI Service Regulations, the Algorithm Recommendation Regulations, the Deep Synthesis Provisions, and the Measures for Labelling of AI-Generated Synthetic Content, with cross-cutting enforcement under the foundation laws (PIPL, CSL, DSL).
As noted in the AI Note, AI-specific Chinese legislation does not directly specify liabilities for specific illegal or criminal activities; instead, these regulations require penalties under other relevant laws (CSL, DSL, PIPL), with criminal liabilities pursued where the violation constitutes a crime. The Qinglang Campaign operationalises this layered enforcement model.
Provenance: Specific CAC press release URLs and per-case enforcement details are indexing pending; this page will be updated when the primary-source URLs are captured (per the news-prompts-entity-check rule). The substance summarised here is sourced from the verified China AI Note Part B (Section B4).