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CAC (Cyberspace Administration of China)

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China's internet regulator (国家互联网信息办公室), lead issuer of the binding AI rules (algorithmic recommendation, deep synthesis, generative AI services and AI-content labelling) and the body under whose guidance TC260 publishes the AI Safety Governance Framework 1.

Developed in
ch. 21, China: what chapter 08 does not already cover
Chapters
ch. 08, Regulatory Map · ch. 21, AI Laws Worldwide
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

4 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

  • TC260

    The National Technical Committee 260 on Cybersecurity of the Standardization Administration of China (全国网络安全标准化技术委员会), which drafts China's cybersecurity and…

  • Generative AI

    AI that outputs new content (text, images, audio, video, code) rather than an estimate about something that exists.

Sources

  1. [1] 《人工智能安全治理框架3.0》发布: announcement of the AI Safety Governance Framework 3.0 (TC260 under CAC guidance). Cyberspace Administration of China. 2026-09-14. https://www.cac.gov.cn/2026-09/14/c_1791137092283345.htm (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). CAC (Cyberspace Administration of China). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/cac-cyberspace-administration-of-china. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026caccyberspaceadministrationofchina,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{CAC (Cyberspace Administration of China)}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/cac-cyberspace-administration-of-china}
}