Cyberspace Administration of China, Provisions for the Administration of Information Services of Mobile Internet Applications (Draft for Comments)

国家互联网信息办公室移动互联网应用程序信息服务管理规定 (征求意见稿)

January 21, 2022 | BY

Susan Mok

A mobile app distribution platform is required to authenticate the true identity information of app providers

Issued: January 5, 2022

Main contents: An application provider that provides internet news information services through an application shall secure an internet news information service permit, and the engagement in internet news information service activities without a permit or beyond the scope of the permit is prohibited (Article 7).

An application distribution platform shall take measures, such as composite validation, to authenticate the true identity information of providers applying to list their applications based on a combination of methods such as their mobile phone numbers, identity document numbers and uniform social credit codes. Depending on the different subject nature of application providers, information such as the providers' names and uniform social credit codes shall be displayed (Article 18).

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