China Provisions on Deep Synthesis (in force 2023-01-10)

Conspicuous labels where synthetic content could mislead the public and non-removable technical marks; training-data management; separate consent for face and voice editing; filing and security assessment for opinion-shaping functions

By Jorge García Aibar Reviewed 2026-09-20

From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-CN-DEEPSYN. Drawn from chapter 08.

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Clause: China Deep Synthesis, CAC Order No. 12.
Duty holder: Not stated.
Applies from: 2023-01-10, In force.
Artefact: Content-provenance pipeline.
Layers: Layer 02, Layer 03, Layer 04.
Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
Record schema: Evidence record.
The same topic in 23 other frameworks; the crosswalk section below links each clause.

When this obligation applies The first date in the row's status, then each later step: filled once its date has passed, outlined while it is still ahead of the review date.

Data table: the dates

Dates of AIGE-OBL-CN-DEEPSYN
Date	Step	Detail
2023-01-10	In force	Binding; in force 2023-01-10

Id: AIGE-OBL-CN-DEEPSYN
Instrument: China Provisions on Deep Synthesis (2023) law
Clause: CAC Order No. 12
Applies from: 2023-01-10 In force · Binding; in force 2023-01-10

The artefact that evidences it

Content-provenance pipeline (visible label plus metadata mark); training-data governance record; consent gate; pre-release security assessment.

What this obligation connects to Solid edges are direct relations, dashed ones looser (a case that cites the same article, a framework whose clauses only touch the topic); patterns and controls take the colour of their stack layer. Select a node to open it; the lists below give every relation in full.

Data table: every relation

Relations of AIGE-OBL-CN-DEEPSYN
Family	Item	Relation
Same crosswalk topic	AI Verify 9.1.1, 9.5.2, 8.1.1, 8.2.1, 1.1.6, 1.7.2, 1.1.1, 9.12.1, 5.5.1, 4.8.1, 4.1.1, 6.1.1, 5.2.1, 5.9.1, 9.7.1, 5.3.1, 4.5.2, 9.3.1, 4.9.1, 4.9.2, 1.1.3	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	CSA AICM GRC-01, GRC-06, DSP-20, DSP-21, MDS-03, MDS-04, STA-08, IAM-03, TVM-13, AIS-09, AIS-10, MDS-06, MDS-07, AIS-05, STA-10, STA-09, MDS-09	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	China AI Labelling Label Art. 4, Label Art. 5	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	China Algo. Rec. AlgoRec Art. 7, AlgoRec Art. 16, AlgoRec Art. 24, AlgoRec Art. 8, AlgoRec Art. 9	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	China GenAI Measures GenAI Art. 9, GenAI Art. 7, GenAI Art. 8, GenAI Art. 11, GenAI Art. 12, GenAI Art. 19, GenAI Art. 17, GenAI Art. 10, GenAI Art. 14	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	CoE Convention CoE Art. 9, CoE Art. 14(2), CoE Art. 15(2), CoE Art. 16(2)(g)	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	EU AI Act Art. 17, Art. 4, Art. 87, Art. 10, Art. 10(2)(f)–(g), Art. 4a, Art. 53, Art. 53(1)(c), Art. 5(1)(e), Art. 11, Art. 13, Art. 50, Art. 86, Art. 18, Art. 43, Art. 53(1)(d), Art. 50(2), 50(4), Art. 49, Art. 71, Art. 6, Art. 3(1), Art. 52, Art. 5, Art. 15, Art. 5(1)(a)–(b), Art. 55, Art. 60, Art. 15(3), Art. 9, Art. 42(3), Art. 25, Art. 25(4), Art. 26, Art. 22, Art. 23, Art. 24, Art. 54, Art. 50(2), Art. 50(4), Art. 3(60)	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	G7 Code G7 Action 5, G7 Action 3, G7 Action 1, G7 Action 11, G7 Action 7	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	GAO AI Accountability 1.2, 1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 1.9, 3.5, 1.7, 3.1, 3.7, 3.2, 2.6	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	GB/T 45654 GB/T 45654 Corpus security, GB/T 45654 Content labelling, GB/T 45654 Security assessment	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	GDPR Art. 5(2), Art. 5(1)(c), Art. 25, Art. 9, Arts. 13–14, Art. 30, Art. 32, Art. 28, Arts. 44–46	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	GPAI Code Safety C8, Copyright 1.1–1.5, Transparency 1.1, Transparency 1.2, Safety C5, Safety 3.2, Safety C6	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	ISO 42001 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, A.2, A.3, 9.3, 7.2, 9.2, 10.1, A.7, A.7.3, A.4, 7.5, A.6, A.8, A.9, 9.1, A.10	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	Korea AI Act Art. 36, Art. 31, Art. 34(1)(2), Art. 33, Art. 32(1)	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	NIST AI RMF GOVERN 1, GOVERN 2, GOVERN 4, GOVERN 5, MAP 2, MEASURE 2.10, MEASURE 2.11, MAP 1, MEASURE 2.8, MAP 1.6, MEASURE 2.9, GOVERN 1.6, GOVERN 1.7, MANAGE 2, MEASURE 2, MEASURE 2.7, MEASURE 2.1, MEASURE 1, GOVERN 6, MAP 4, MANAGE 3, MANAGE 3.1, GOVERN 6.2	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	OECD AI Principles OECD 1.5, OECD 1.3, OECD 1.4	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	OWASP Agentic ASI05, ASI04	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	OWASP LLM LLM05:2026, LLM01:2026, LLM10:2026, LLM06:2026, LLM04:2026, LLM07:2026	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	Singapore Agentic Agentic 2.2.1, Agentic 2.3.1, Agentic 2.3.2	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	Singapore GenAI GenAI 1, GenAI 2, GenAI 3, GenAI 5, GenAI 6, GenAI 7	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	TC260 Framework 3.0 TC260 4, TC260 5.3.12, TC260 2.1.3, TC260 5.1, TC260 App. 2 II.2, TC260 4.4.1, TC260 App. 2 II.5, TC260 3.2.1, TC260 3, TC260 App. 2 II.6, TC260 5.3.14, TC260 App. 2 II.4, TC260 4.4.4	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	UK ATRS ATRS 2.1, ATRS 2.4.3, ATRS Tier 1, ATRS 2.2, ATRS 2.1.4	Core clause
Same crosswalk topic	EN 18286 EN 18286	Related clause

Patterns that build it

No pattern in the catalogue names this clause on its "Maps to" line yet; the artefact above is the engineering answer.

The same topic in other frameworks

From the topic crosswalk: the clauses filed under the same topics as this one. Mappings are illustrative, not a claim of conformity.

Source

Chapter 08, section China, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

This obligation: /api/v1/obligations/aige-obl-cn-deepsyn.json
The register: /api/v1/obligations.json · CSV
Schema and stability promise: open data and API

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). China Provisions on Deep Synthesis (in force 2023-01-10) (AIGE-OBL-CN-DEEPSYN). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-cn-deepsyn. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{China Provisions on Deep Synthesis (in force 2023-01-10) (AIGE-OBL-CN-DEEPSYN)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-cn-deepsyn},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}