Will Tougher Rules on Gaming Time Really Work?

• 来源期刊: 北京周报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（38）
• 所属期刊栏目: FORUM
• 页码范围: 48
• 页数: 1页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-9140.2021.38.018

摘要

On August 30, the National Press and Publication Administration delivered new rules on online gaming. Children under the age of 18 are now allowed to play online games only between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays as well as during public holidays. This is so far the strictest regulation issued on video gaming intending to prevent the huge number of players, most of whom are under 18, from getting addicted to online gaming. By late 2018, the number of online gamers in China had reached around 484 million, the vast majority of them being children aged between 12 and 16—an age group most likely to develop gaming addiction.