# China Enforces Humanlike AI Rules, Agent Features Removed > Source: > Published: 2026-07-07 02:54:31+00:00 Regulatory enforcement in a large market changes the operational baseline for consumer-facing conversational agents and privacy/compliance reviews. Reporting in Decrypt and coverage by Amin Shamim say ByteDance's **Doubao** and Alibaba's **Qwen** are disabling their agent/persona features ahead of new rules; Amin Shamim reports Doubao's agent goes offline on **July 15, 2026**, while Qwen disabled humanlike and user-created agents on **July 10, 2026** and will disable broader agent services on **July 15, 2026**. Amin Shamim identifies the rule as the "Interim Measures for the Administration of AI Anthropomorphic Interactive Services," which reporting says takes effect on **July 15, 2026**. This is the first national Chinese regulation explicitly targeting humanlike AI interactions, according to the same coverage.