Gaming Ban: China sets hard rules

The Chinese government wants to introduce new regulations for children and adolescents through which they should play less video games. Why and how much should access to video games should now be restricted?

China sets hard rules

Video games are a sensitive topic in China and will probably remain in the foreseeable future, how a new regulation suggests. The National Press and Publication Administration (NPPA) is responsible for topics such as gaming and online media in China and now introducing new rules for children and adolescents who should severely limit their playing time.

For example, people under the age of 18 should only be allowed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday to play an hour from 8 to 9 o'clock in the evening. Overall, minors are only three hours a week in their favorite games. Holidays are no exception. That means: no hours of fornite sessions in the summer holidays and no minecraft after the school anymore. (Source: South China Morning Post)

The execution of the new rules is located alone in the hands of China's largest gaming company. So Tencent and CO. Players and Players are told themselves with their real name and log in, so that their active playing time can be better hit. Tencent already agreed to the new scheme and promised to implement them as soon as possible.

The only a few weeks ago, Technik-Giant Tencent attentive because it has equipped over 60 games with a facial recognition to ban children's nocturnal gambling: _

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What's the whole?

The new regulation should mainly prevent video playing in adolescents. A government spokesman says in Chinese Media Outlet Xinhua:

Many parents report that video playing in adolescents and children are negatively learning their ability as well as their physical and mental health affects, which even leads to a number of social problems.

Allegedly, video games are always more frequent negative on students and students. The strict regulations are therefore an answer to a problem that the government seems to be a heavily wedding.

Chinese children should play video games in the future only three hours a week to better focus on school. Do you feel the decision as comprehensible or something strict in the face of what video games can also serve for stress reduction?