As of 8 May, Chinese key regulators including CAC, NDRC and MIIT jointly issued the implementation guidelines to promote the standardized application and innovative development of AI agents, amid the country’s accelerated push to advance the “AI Plus” action.
The Chinese guidelines is a typical top-down approach with priorities on 19 scenarios including critical sectors such as energy, agriculture, public transportation, healthcare, judiciary, e-government, education and banking finance.
It is different from the bottom-up approach taken under the Model AI Govenance Framework for Agentic AI issued by Singapore IMDA earlier in January 2026.
The guidelines also encourage mandatory national standards for AIP adopted for specific sectors. It emphasizes AI security in particular supply chain security.