en.Wedoany.com Reported - According to an announcement from the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, the National Conference on Internet Rule of Law was held in Beijing on April 8 by the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission. The conference identified 2026 as the year marking the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the beginning of the 15th Five-Year Plan period, and it deployed tasks in three areas: internet legislation, law enforcement, and judiciary. Zhuang Rongwen, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Director of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, and Director of the National Cyberspace Administration, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.
The meeting proposed advancing key internet legislation, strengthening the development of intra-Party regulations, expanding foreign-related internet rule of law development, and continuously improving the system of internet legal norms. The newly revised "Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China" came into effect on January 1, 2026. According to a report by the Legal Daily, the decision to revise the law was reviewed and passed by the 18th Session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress on October 28, 2025. The revised law adds clauses supporting fundamental theoretical research in artificial intelligence and the research and development of key technologies. It requires promoting the construction of training data resources and computing power infrastructure, and improving ethical norms, risk monitoring, and assessment mechanisms for artificial intelligence. The revised law also refines legal liabilities for acts endangering network operation security, network product and service security, and network information security, increases penalties, expands extraterritorial application scenarios, and ensures alignment with laws such as the Data Security Law and the Personal Information Protection Law.
According to a March 10 notice from the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, the special campaign "Clear and Bright · Creating a Festive and Harmonious Online Environment for the 2026 Spring Festival" urged websites and platforms to focus on rectifying issues such as maliciously stirring up negative sentiments, spreading "digital swill" generated by AI, fabricating and publishing false information, and directing traffic to illegal activities. During the campaign, over 39,000 accounts were dealt with according to laws and regulations, and more than 708,000 pieces of illegal and non-compliant information were removed. Typical cases included the Weibo account "Heartbeat Archive" and the WeChat account "Teacher Zang Business Consulting" promoting unhealthy values and maliciously inciting gender opposition, as well as the Kuaishou account "Fat Eunuch Ai" and the Douyin account "Couple Bed Collapse Diary" using AI to mass-produce and disseminate low-quality content that was logically chaotic and highly repetitive.
The Supreme People's Court released five typical cases of punishing property crimes such as telecom and online fraud according to law on February 26, 2026. In the fraud case involving defendant Yu Moubo and 13 others, Yu Moubo fled overseas and established a telecom and online fraud operation, causing nearly 300 million yuan in losses, and was sentenced to the maximum penalty of life imprisonment according to law. The fraud case involving defendant Wu Moutao involved AI voice simulation fraud targeting elderly people living alone. Wu Moutao cooperated with the fraudsters by collecting illicit money in person, and the People's Court sentenced him according to law.
On March 3, 2026, the Supreme People's Court released five typical cases of punishing illegal and criminal acts of online violence according to law, involving acts such as online insult, defamation, infringement of personal information, commercial defamation, and extortion. In the Lü Moumou insult case, the defendant sent the victim's nude photos and video chat recordings to multiple WeChat groups with over 300 members and was sentenced to one year and two months in prison. In the Wang Moujia defamation case, the defendant, dissatisfied due to losing a civil lawsuit, repeatedly posted false articles on online platforms defaming multiple judicial and administrative personnel and was sentenced to one year in prison.
The meeting called for taking the initiative, planning ahead, preventing and resolving risks and hidden dangers in cyberspace, ensuring high-quality economic and social development, and responding to the people's demand for a healthy online ecosystem. The meeting reported on the progress of internet rule of law work in 2025 and the top ten internet law enforcement cases from cyberspace administration departments nationwide. Responsible officials from the cyberspace administrations of Beijing, Liaoning, Shanghai, Henan, Xinjiang, and Shenzhen delivered exchange speeches.
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