A Rogue Warriors esports team member trains for the game"Arena of Valor" at his club in Shanghai
Gaming firms were told by the government on Wednesday to implement measures such as curbing minors' hours of access to their video games to protect their physical and mental health, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Xinhua named the authorities involved as the ruling Communist Party's Publicity Department, the National Press and Publication Administration, the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The statement comes after Chinese government regulators launched a cybersecurity probe into ride-hailing giant Didi https://www.reuters.com/business/didi-shares-slump-25-china-crackdown-2021-07-06 Global Inc in July.