The National Internet Information Office seeks opinions: Encouraging the application and implementation of digital virtual humanoid services in various fields.

The Cyberspace Administration of China has drafted the "Management Measures for Digital Virtual Human Information Services (Consultation Draft)" and is now seeking public opinions on it. The consultation draft encourages the application of digital virtual human services in various fields, promotes demonstration applications while ensuring intelligence is used for good and safety is controllable, and improves the ecosystem of digital virtual human services. It also supports the research and innovation of digital virtual human technology, the collaboration among industry, academia, and research institutes, the establishment of a sound digital virtual human technology standard system, and active participation in international rule-making and cooperation. The consultation draft emphasizes that any organization or individual providing or using digital virtual human services must respect intellectual property rights and business ethics. Using others' texts, art, photography, music, audiovisual works, etc., to create digital virtual humans, and no entity in the process of using digital virtual humans should infringe on others' legally entitled intellectual property rights. The consultation draft also emphasizes the prohibition of inducing minors to be addicted to digital virtual human services. It is prohibited to provide virtual relatives, virtual partners, or other virtual intimate relationships to minors, induce excessive consumption, induce religious beliefs, provide digital virtual human services that may lead to or induce minors to imitate unsafe behavior, engage in behavior against social ethics, generate extreme emotions, develop unhealthy habits, or have other negative effects on minors' mental and physical health. --- The original text can be found on the official website of the Cyberspace Administration of China.