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

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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 IDTitle 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

FieldEvidence or limit
Announcement date2025-01-07
Effective date2025-02-06
T/CADPA 59-2025Online game classification (title only on this page)
T/CADPA 60-2025Game distribution and promotion basic requirements (title only on this page)
Full standard textNot published on this announcement page
Gacha probability rulesNot established by this page
Not establishedWhether 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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