The top legislature recently passed the amended Law on Protection of Minors with a new chapter on Internet protection and updating some chapters. 

The new chapter aims to safeguard minors in cyberspace. It includes some regulations that had been established already. For example, the rule that network game service providers shall not offer services to minors from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. comes from the National Press and Publication Administration stipulation in 2019. Some provisions in the regulation on the protection of children's personal information on online networks published by the Cyberspace Administration of China in 2019 have now been written into the law.  

In the chapter on school protection, the revised law provides more details and clarifies schools' liability. For instance, schools are prohibited from making underage students participate in commercial activities, asking them to take paid tutorial courses in cooperation with other education and training organizations, and having extra lessons during holidays.  

With the progress of time, legal innovation and development will also keep pace with the changes. 

This is an edited excerpt of an article originally published in People.com.cn on October 23  

(Print Edition Title: Protection of Minors)