China’s internet regulator launches unified filing system for AI and blockchain

The Cyberspace Administration of China has folded generative AI, algorithm, deep synthesis, and blockchain filings into a single platform China’s internet regulator has merged its tech registration paperwork into a single portal. On November 9, 2026, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) launched one system that handles filings for generative AI, algorithms, deep synthesis technologies, and blockchain information services. The platform’s formal name is the “Internet New Technology and New Application Information Service Filing System.” The launch also retired two older portals on the same day: the “Internet Information Service Algorithm Filing System” and the “Blockchain Information Service Filing Management System.” For anyone running a blockchain or AI service in China, the place where you register has changed. One front door instead of several The new system replaces those doors with a single lobby. It covers four categories: Generative AI: services that produce text, images, or other content on demand. Algorithms: the recommendation and ranking logic that decides what users see. Deep synthesis: tools that generate or alter media in realistic ways, the category most peopl...