What does China require for labelling AI-generated content?

Two labels, not one. An explicit label a person can perceive — which must persist through download, copy and export — and an implicit label in the file's metadata carrying the provider's name or code and a content reference number. Distribution platforms…

register 09 · Compliance pins· China AI Labelling
01 ·

Answer.

Named jurisdictional law · China AI Labelling.

Two labels, not one. An explicit label a person can perceive — which must persist through download, copy and export — and an implicit label in the file's metadata carrying the provider's name or code and a content reference number. Distribution platforms carry their own duty on top: they verify the metadata, add their own identifiers to content they merely pass on, and show a conspicuous notice around it. Planisphere records each of those acts as a sealed receipt; it does not apply the labels.

Cite-anchor: Measures for Labelling AI-Generated Synthetic Content (CAC, MIIT, MPS, NRTA) · Arts. 4-7, 9-10; with the mandatory national standard on labelling methods

02 ·

The mark behind the answer.

China AI Labelling is enacted (or near-enacted) law in a specific jurisdiction, with a specific obligation and a specifi…

explicit + implicit labelling of AI-generated content (in force 2025-09-01).

→ Full reference for China AI Labelling

03 ·

More on China AI Labelling.

Other questions this mark answers.

Try China AI Labelling with a free test key.

Start with the free sandbox. Planisphere measures model behaviour and emits a reproducible, sha-pinned record — it does not certify, file, or give legal advice.

API ·

When China AI Labelling asks for proof, hand over records — not assurances.

record the duty · seal the receipt · verify offline

Planisphere records each duty event — an output marked, a disclosure shown, a review made — and seals it into a receipt that verifies offline against our published keys. You send hashes, never content. A record is evidence a third party can check; it is not a certification and not a legal determination.

See how a record is checked