China PIPL Art. 24: automated decision-making and Arts. 55–56 impact assessment

Automated decisions stay transparent and fair, with no unreasonable differential treatment in prices or terms; targeted pushes offer a non-personalised option or an easy refusal; individuals may request an explanation and refuse solely automated decisions with a significant impact; an impact assessment beforehand, kept at least three years

From clause to evidenceThe chain from China PIPL Arts. 24, 55–56 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseChina PIPLPIPL Arts. 24,55–56Duty holderPersonalinformation…Applies from2021-11-01In forceArtefactExplanationservice and…LayersLayer 02Layer 04Layer 05Evidence recordEvidence recordv1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topic files this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from China PIPL Arts. 24, 55–56 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseChina PIPL · PIPL Arts. 24, 55–56Duty holderPersonal information processorsApplies from2021-11-01 · In forceArtefactExplanation service and…LayersLayer 02Layer 04Layer 05Evidence recordEvidence record v1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topicfiles this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-CN-PIPL-ART24. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: China PIPL, PIPL Arts. 24, 55–56.
  • Duty holder: Personal information processors.
  • Applies from: 2021-11-01, In force.
  • Artefact: Explanation service and manual-decision….
  • Layers: Layer 02, Layer 04, Layer 05.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
Id
AIGE-OBL-CN-PIPL-ART24
Instrument
China Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) law
Clause
PIPL Arts. 24, 55–56
In scope
Personal information processors
Authority
CAC and other departments
Applies from
In force · Binding; in force 2021-11-01

The artefact that evidences it

Explanation service and manual-decision route; non-personalised option at runtime; impact assessment record kept three years.

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.

Source

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

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). China PIPL Art. 24: automated decision-making and Arts. 55–56 impact assessment (AIGE-OBL-CN-PIPL-ART24). 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-pipl-art24. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{China PIPL Art. 24: automated decision-making and Arts. 55–56 impact assessment (AIGE-OBL-CN-PIPL-ART24)}},
  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-pipl-art24},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}