According to news on December 23, Ma Huateng, Chairman of Tencent’s Board of Directors, forwarded the draft for online game supervision in Moments today and said that the draft is based on ensuring and promoting the prosperity and healthy development of the online game industry. Subsequently, the stock prices of game concept stocks including Tencent and NetEase plummeted.
The "Measures for the Administration of Online Games" (Draft for Comments) drafted by the State Press and Publication Administration is open to the public for comments.
The relevant person in charge of the National Press and Publication Administration stated that the draft for comments is based on ensuring and promoting the prosperity and healthy development of the online game industry. It clearly addresses issues such as the access of online game business units, establishes a special chapter on "Guarantees and Rewards", and proposes a series of incentive measures. At the same time, provisions are made to protect the rights and interests of minors and consumers. During the drafting process of the draft, opinions from relevant departments, industry associations, enterprises and other parties were widely listened to through various methods. The person in charge said that the public solicitation of opinions on departmental regulations is a process to listen to more opinions and improve the regulations and provisions. The State Press and Publication Administration will carefully study the concerns and opinions raised by all parties on Articles 17, 18 and other contents of the draft, and will further revise and improve it on the basis of continuing to listen to the opinions of relevant departments, enterprises, users and other parties.
The article forwarded by Ma Huateng made the above statement.