Hangzhou Releases Legal Risk Guides for Emerging Artificial Intelligence Sectors

China News Service reported that Hangzhou has issued compliance and legal risk management guidelines covering humanoid robotics, brain-computer interfaces, open-source AI agents, and AI OPC market entry, targeting high-risk scenarios such as model development, data ownership, and digital ethics. Xu Jian, an official and spokesperson for the Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Justice, announced the measures during a press conference focused on compliance services for industrial development. The humanoid robotics guidelines detail algorithm filing and personal information assessment requirements, regulate open-source license verification, distinguish export boundaries for over-the-air updates, clarify supply chain risks, and mandate facial data clearing for scrapped units. For brain-computer interfaces, the guidance details steps for human trial ethical reviews, classifies raw brain data as sensitive personal information requiring user consent for assetization, and separates medical devices from consumer items across invasive, interventional, and non-invasive categories. Following an industry-by-industry framework, Hangzhou has compiled and issued 68 legal risk management guides focused on key sectors and corporate needs, according to the report.

Hangzhou officially launched the Hangzhou Compliance Code mini-program, making it freely available to the public to integrate industry compliance guides, expert pools, compliance centers, and automated risk self-inspection tools into an accessible online resource.