CADPA T/CADPA 59-2025 and 60-2025: classification and distribution/promotion standards from 6 February 2025

CADPA’s 7 January 2025 announcement approves group standards T/CADPA 59-2025 (online game classification) and T/CADPA 60-2025 (game distribution and promotion basic requirements), effective 6 February 2025. The announcement page does not publish the full normative text or gacha-probability clauses.
The China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association (CADPA) announcement 关于发布《网络游戏分类》和《游戏分发与推广基本要求》两项团体标准的公告 (音数团标〔2025〕21号), opened 19 September 2026, is dated 7 January 2025. It approves two group standards and states they take effect on 6 February 2025:
| Standard ID | Title on the announcement |
|---|---|
| **T/CADPA 59-2025** | 《网络游戏分类》 (online game classification) |
| **T/CADPA 60-2025** | 《游戏分发与推广基本要求》 (basic requirements for game distribution and promotion) |
Publish date on the notice: 7 January 2025. Implementation date on the notice: 6 February 2025. Issuer: 中国音像与数字出版协会.
What this announcement does and does not contain
Observed on the primary page: standard numbers, Chinese titles, approval language after drafting and committee review, publish date, and implementation date.
Not on this announcement page: the full normative PDF text of either standard; clause-level rules on probability disclosure, pity timers, or other gacha mechanics; mandatory-versus-voluntary legal status beyond “group standard” (团体标准); store-by-store adoption checklists; or any UA creative examples.
Secondary press summaries often attach promotion-side claims (misleading gameplay footage, fake ratings, hard-to-close pop-ups) to T/CADPA 60-2025. Those clause details are not established by the CADPA announcement body opened for this note. Do not treat this card as a gacha-compliance manual.
Operator implication
| Field | Evidence or limit |
|---|---|
| Announcement date | 2025-01-07 |
| Effective date | 2025-02-06 |
| T/CADPA 59-2025 | Online game classification (title only on this page) |
| T/CADPA 60-2025 | Game distribution and promotion basic requirements (title only on this page) |
| Full standard text | Not published on this announcement page |
| Gacha probability rules | Not established by this page |
| Not established | Whether a given licensed title’s creatives already satisfy 60-2025 clause text |
Download the announcement card. If you need operative promotion or classification clauses, obtain the published standard PDFs or a standards-catalogue entry that carries the normative text; this draft stops at the CADPA release notice.
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