China’s Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) switched on a unified national filing portal on November 9, consolidating registration for blockchain information services, generative AI, recommendation algorithms, and deep-synthesis tools. The new platform is called the Internet New Technology and New Application Information Service Filing System and is hosted at beian.cac.gov.cn.
The launch retired two standalone databases: the Internet Information Service Algorithm Filing System and the Blockchain Information Service Filing Management System, which had handled blockchain registrations since 2019. Both stopped accepting filings the same day.
The consolidation does not replace existing regulatory obligations. Under China’s blockchain filing rules, providers must file within 10 working days of starting a service, report relevant changes within five working days, and display their filing number prominently. The CAC has up to 20 working days to process complete submissions.
For digital-asset markets, the announcement leaves China’s restrictions on cryptocurrency trading, mining, and token issuance unchanged. In February 2026, the People’s Bank of China and seven other agencies reinforced restrictions on cryptocurrency transactions, unauthorized stablecoin issuance, and certain real-world asset tokenization activities.
The new system gives regulators one administrative view of strategically sensitive technologies and lets companies and the public search registration information in one place. However, no new deadlines, transition periods, or standardized filing rules were announced, leaving open how existing filers and pending applications will be migrated. Hong Kong, which maintains a separate legal system and its own virtual-asset licensing regime, is not affected by the mainland portal.
