Administrative Provisions on the Information Services Provided through Official Accounts of Internet Users entered into force on 8 Oct. 2017.
There are 18 articles in total. The Administrative Provisions aim to regulate the activities providing and using Internet public accounts (products similar to Facebook Page, mainly referring to WeChat Official Account in China) to engage in Information publishing services within the territory of China. Key points of the Administration Provisions are as follows:
The Cyberspace Administration of China and its local government counterparts are the regulatory authorities in this field.
Micro-blogging service providers shall authenticate users’ real identity information.
Users shall abide by laws, inter alia, those rules governing news information administration, intellectual property rights protection, and cybersecurity protection, and shall not release contents that are prohibited by the State.