On July 21, 2023, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (工业和信息化部) (MIIT) launched the Notice on Conducting Registration for Mobile Internet Applications (关于开展移动互联网应用程序备案工作的通知), pursuant to which the providers of applications that engage in internet information services within the territory of the People’s Republic of China must register those apps with MIIT.
This article explains the relationship between the new app registration rule and the long existing ICP registration rule, and how this new rule might lead to the disappearance of many foreign apps from the China market.