MIIT app filing: announced deadline versus later inspection
工信部信管〔2023〕105号 set a March 2024 stock-app filing deadline and an April–June 2024 supervision window; from July 2024 the same notice moves into ongoing accuracy checks.
The MIIT notice 工业和信息化部关于开展移动互联网应用程序备案工作的通知 (工信部信管〔2023〕105号; published 4 August 2023, signed 21 July 2023) is the primary schedule for Mobile Internet App filing (APP备案). The companion official interpretation (8 August 2023) restates the same phases in plain language. This follow-up separates the announced stock deadline from the later inspection window and from the ongoing regime. It does not invent a 2026 re-deadline.
What the notice scheduled
| Phase | Dates on the notice | Operator reading |
|---|---|---|
| Preparation | Through end-August 2023 | Platforms and access providers connect to the national filing system |
| Stock APP filing | September 2023 – March 2024 | Apps already live before the notice must file via access provider or distribution platform |
| Supervision / inspection | April – June 2024 | Telecom authorities check access, distribution and pre-install paths; unfiled apps face disposal under law |
| Normalised work | July 2024 onward | Provincial bureaux run recurring accuracy checks; unfiled apps remain blocked from access, distribution and OEM pre-install |
The interpretation states the same transition: stock apps file through end-March 2024; April–June 2024 is the organised supervision window; new apps after publication must file before going live. Provincial bureaux have twenty working days to issue a filing number when materials are complete. Hosts must display the filing number; distribution platforms must show it for apps they ship.
What “happened next” on the face of the same document
The inspection window was not a soft reminder. Clause (九) of the notice already barred network-access providers, distribution platforms (including mini-program and quick-app distribution) and smart-terminal makers from serving unfiled apps. The April–June 2024 block is when telecom authorities were told to organise checks against those gates. From July 2024 the same notice moves into “常态化工作”: recurring accuracy assessment, not a one-off amnesty.
Games still need an NPPA publication number (ISBN / 版号) for commercial operation. Filing and ISBN are separate gates; this follow-up only tracks the MIIT filing calendar.
Facts versus limits
| Field | Evidence or limit |
|---|---|
| Document number | 工信部信管〔2023〕105号 |
| Stock filing end | 2024-03-31 |
| Inspection window | 2024-04 to 2024-06 |
| Ongoing phase start | 2024-07 |
| Scope of “分发平台” | Includes mini-program and quick-app distribution on the notice text |
| Not established here | Any named 2025–2026 OEM takedown list, or that a specific SKU is filed today |
Download the timeline card. Re-open the live MIIT notice before treating March 2024 as the only date that matters; the inspection and ongoing phases are part of the same instrument.
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