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title_en: "Announcement on Carrying Out the Filing of Facial Recognition Technology Applications"
title_zh: "关于开展人脸识别技术应用备案工作的公告"
abbreviation: "FRT Filing Announcement"
hierarchy: "rule"
issuing_body: "Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)"
adopted_date: 2025-05-28
effective_date: 2025-05-28
status: "effective"
source_url: "https://www.cac.gov.cn/2025-05/30/c_1750315544241157.htm"
related_laws: ["facial-recognition-technology-application-measures", "pipl", "facial-recognition-judicial-interpretation"]
domains: ["personal-information", "ai-governance"]
url: https://datacompliancechina.com/laws/facial-recognition-application-filing-announcement/
summary: "This May 2025 CAC announcement operationalizes the filing duty established under Article 15 of the Facial Recognition Technology Application Security Measures (CAC and MPS Order No. 19), which takes effect June 1, 2025. Personal information handlers that store facial information of 100,000 or more persons processed via facial recognition technology must file with the provincial-level cyberspace administration authority in their locality; those already at that threshold before June 1, 2025 have until July 14, 2025 to complete the initial filing. Filing is conducted exclusively online through the Personal Information Protection Business System at grxxbh.cacdtsc.cn, and any material change to filed information triggers a 30-working-day update obligation. Overseas counsel advising clients with operations or consumer-facing systems in China should note that the threshold is low by global standards and applies across sectors, making this a compliance priority for any deployment of biometric authentication, access control, or consumer identification at scale."
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> **Source: Data Compliance China** — https://datacompliancechina.com/laws/facial-recognition-application-filing-announcement/ · English rendering and annotations by DCC; the Chinese original governs. Cite as: Data Compliance China, "Announcement on Carrying Out the Filing of Facial Recognition Technology Applications", https://datacompliancechina.com/laws/facial-recognition-application-filing-announcement/
**Promulgated by:** Cyberspace Administration of China.
**Adopted and issued on May 28, 2025. Effective May 28, 2025.**

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Pursuant to the Facial Recognition Technology Application Security Measures (Order No. 19 of the Cyberspace Administration of China and the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China; hereinafter "the Measures"), matters relating to the carrying out of the filing of facial recognition technology applications are hereby announced as follows.

**I. Filing Subjects**

Pursuant to Article 15 of the Measures, a personal information handler that stores facial information of 100,000 or more persons processed through the application of facial recognition technology shall complete the filing procedure with the provincial-level cyberspace administration authority in the locality where it is based.

**II. Filing Timeframes**

(1) From June 1, 2025 onwards, where the number of persons whose facial information is stored through the application of facial recognition technology reaches 100,000, the filing procedure shall be completed within 30 working days of the date on which that number is reached.

(2) Where, prior to June 1, 2025, the number of persons whose facial information is stored through the application of facial recognition technology has already reached 100,000, the filing procedure shall be completed by July 14, 2025.

(3) Where there is a material change to filed information, a filing amendment procedure shall be completed within 30 working days of the date of the change.

**III. Filing Method**

The filing of facial recognition technology applications shall be conducted online. Applicants shall access the Personal Information Protection Business System directly at https://grxxbh.cacdtsc.cn, prepare the relevant materials, and complete the filing procedure in accordance with the Facial Recognition Technology Application Filing System Submission Guide (Version 1) provided on the system homepage. The Personal Information Protection Business System may also be accessed through the "National Cyberspace Administration Affairs Hall" column on the homepage of the China Cyberspace Administration website at https://www.cac.gov.cn.

**IV. Legal Liability**

Those who fail to complete the filing procedure as required by the Measures shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the relevant laws and administrative regulations.

This announcement is hereby issued.

Cyberspace Administration of China

May 28, 2025