China is trying to save their generation from addiction to playing online games. Recently, the Chinese government issued a new instruction, which states that children are allowed to play online games for a total of 3 hours a week on weekends or holidays.
China's state news agency, Xinhua, as reported by the BBC, Tuesday (31/8/2021) the Bamboo Curtain country's regulator issued a rule that online games will only be allowed between 20:00 and 21:00 local time.
This policy applies on Fridays, weekends, and holidays. This rule is intended for gamers who are under 18 years of age.
The regulations issued by the National Press and Publication Supervisory Agency are stricter than before. Previously, children were only allowed to play for 1.5 hours per day.
This step is China's way of dealing with the problems faced by their younger generation, they will play online games. In fact, the phenomenon is termed 'spiritual opium'.
Not only working with parents and schools, regulators have ordered online gaming companies, such as Tencent, to implement this policy to prevent children from playing outside the set time.
In addition, so that online games are played according to their age, the company implements a system of verifying the user's real name to facial recognition features.
The impact of this policy was felt for online game companies whose shares fell.