Announcement
14 Feb 2016
14th February 2016 - The PRC Ministry for Industry and Information Technology announces that any servers hosting online publishing services destined for the Chinese market must be located in the PRC. This includes (but is not limited to) app stores, music and video distribution services.
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Implementation date
14 Feb 2016
Revocation date:
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Announced: 14 Feb 2016
Local operations requirement
In force
On February 14th, 2016, the PRC Ministry for Industry and Information Technology effectively banned the operation of any firms using foreign servers to distribute entertainment in China. All firms eng...
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