“Game addiction It has affected learning and normal life…Many parents have become miserable,” the National Press and Publication Administration said in a statement.
The company is prohibited from providing game services outside of the specified time, although the statement did not specify the penalties for violators.
An earlier restriction implemented since the end of 2019 prohibits late-night games and restricts players to only 90 minutes of play on weekdays and 3 hours on weekends and holidays.
The rulers of the Chinese Communist Party have been controlling large technology and other powerful industries that attract hundreds of millions of consumers.
Gaming seems to be the latest goal of regulators, and a series of rules introduced in recent months have cracked down on the excessive culture of Chinese young people, from deteriorating eyesight to Internet addiction.
According to data from the China Audiovisual and Digital Publishing Association, the industry’s revenue in the first half of this year was 130 billion yuan (20 billion U.S. dollars). In recent days, it has been slammed by threatening reports from the national media. He was labeled as “spiritual opium.”
In July Chinese tech giant Tencent The facial recognition “midnight patrol” function was launched to eliminate children pretending to be adults and avoid the government’s curfew on underage gamers.
