The State Council’s 2026 Legislative Plan explicitly calls for accelerating comprehensive AI legislation.

According to the official website of the Chinese government, the General Office of the State Council issued the “State Council’s 2026 Annual Legislative Work Plan,” which specifically highlights improving legislation related to AI governance. The plan explicitly states that comprehensive legislation promoting the healthy development of AI will be expedited, and legislation safeguarding AI’s foundational elements—including data, computing power, algorithms, intellectual property rights, cybersecurity, and supply chain security—as well as regulating key application scenarios, will also be accelerated. By incorporating AI governance into the national-level comprehensive legislative framework, this legislative initiative marks China’s entry into a substantive implementation phase for building its AI regulatory framework.