{"slug": "digital-id-cards-china-moves-to-regulate-ai-agents-with-unified-identity-system", "title": "‘Digital ID cards’: China moves to regulate AI agents with unified identity system", "summary": "China's State Administration for Market Regulation released the first national standard for AI agent interconnection on Friday, establishing a unified identity management framework to regulate autonomous technology. The framework aims to reduce development costs and enhance security for enterprise adoption of AI agents.", "body_md": "# ‘Digital ID cards’: China moves to regulate AI agents with unified identity system\n\nCountry’s new AI agent framework aims to cut costs and enhance security to boost enterprise adoption\n\n[Ann Cao](/author/ann-cao)in Shanghai\n\n[artificial intelligence agents](https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3353797/ai-agents-face-trust-issues-high-risk-industrial-sectors-experts?module=inline&pgtype=article), as part of new national standards released on Friday to regulate the next frontier of autonomous technology.\n\nThe State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) unveiled the standard for “Artificial Intelligence Agent Interconnection”, aiming to establish a “closed-loop system” with a unified identity management framework for all AI agents, according to a report from state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV).\n\nThe new guideline – China’s first national standard focused on AI agent connectivity – was aimed at solidifying the institutional foundation for secure cross-domain interaction of AI agents, according to CCTV.\n\n[AI agent tool deployment](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3355215/china-unveils-ai-system-automate-satellite-targeting-and-surveillance?module=inline&pgtype=article).\n\nThe move underscores Beijing’s broader efforts to support enterprise adoption of AI agents while ensuring security as they quickly expand into real-world applications.\n\nThe unified framework would allow enterprises to plug into standardised AI agent components, reducing development costs and shortening product launch cycles, according to CCTV.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/digital-id-cards-china-moves-to-regulate-ai-agents-with-unified-identity-system", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3358559/digital-id-cards-china-moves-regulate-ai-agents-unified-identity-system?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-06-26 13:45:17+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-26 13:45:48.741583+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-agents", "ai-safety", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["State Administration for Market Regulation", "China Central Television", "Beijing"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/digital-id-cards-china-moves-to-regulate-ai-agents-with-unified-identity-system", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/digital-id-cards-china-moves-to-regulate-ai-agents-with-unified-identity-system.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/digital-id-cards-china-moves-to-regulate-ai-agents-with-unified-identity-system.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/digital-id-cards-china-moves-to-regulate-ai-agents-with-unified-identity-system.jsonld"}}