Tencent, Xiaomi, And Others Start Implementing China's New Supervision Of New Apps

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JAKARTA - The mobile app store in China, run by Tencent Holdings, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo has started banning app publishers from launching new apps.

The new rules require mobile app publishers to submit business details to the government, to build a Chinese government filing system to oversee new applications.

This step was taken in accordance with the provisions of the Chinese government, as Beijing's latest effort to protect the country's mobile application industry.

According to a Reuters report last month, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said that apps that do not apply properly will be punished after a grace period that expires in March next year.

Thus, at that time the Chinese government gave app stores in their country time to immediately report their business details until the end of August.

The Android app store has confirmed that new apps require application submissions from Friday onwards, and existing apps should have them from March 31 onwards, said Rich Bishop, CEO of app publishing company AppInChina.

Meanwhile, Apple has not disclosed how its app stores in China will comply with Beijing's new rules, and have yet to comment.