China to limit children’s online gaming to 3 hours a week
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 4:50 am
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A 2019 restriction allowed minors to play 1.5 hours a day
A 2019 restriction allowed minors to play 1.5 hours a day
BEIJING — China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game industry as Chinese regulators continue cracking down on the technology sector.
Minors in China can only play games between 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays, weekends and on public holidays starting Sept. 1, according to a notice from the National Press and Publication Administration.
That limits gaming to three hours a week for most weeks of the year, down from a previous restriction set in 2019 that allowed minors play games for an hour and a half per day and three hours on public holidays.