A model estimation shows that the total cost of China's information control under the baseline scenario from 2021 to 2025 is approximately 4.7 trillion yuan, with direct costs of about 104.9 billion yuan and indirect losses of about 4.59 trillion yuan.
The model estimates that under the baseline scenario, information control costs in the first half of 2026 will be approximately 1.18 trillion yuan, including direct costs of about 567.7 billion yuan and indirect losses of about 1.18 trillion yuan.
In some comment sections of Chinese financial bloggers' short videos, a phenomenon of zero comments has emerged. Even when the content is just sharing personal investment profits or losses, it is possible that no similar experiences from other users can be seen.
Internet comment control is shifting from opening comments first and deleting them later to imposing restrictions before comments are even posted, moving the control of comment sections further upstream.
China's statistical department announced that the nominal GDP for 2025 is approximately 140 trillion yuan, a figure used to estimate the economic losses caused by information control.
The Qinglang Campaign proposes ten task objectives, requiring platforms such as Douyin and Bilibili to adjust their algorithms and recommendation mechanisms to ensure content distribution aligns with so-called mainstream values.
The Cyberspace Administration of China is targeting foreign-related speech, requiring that information regarding domestic and international current affairs, public policy, and social events be labeled with its source, and linking account monetization privileges to compliance status.
The Cyberspace Administration of China has introduced regulations for managing internet comment interactions, bringing comments, replies, messages, bullet chats, and likes under supervision, and allowing platforms to take measures such as account bans and silencing.
China implements a pre-approval system for comments on news-related information, extending speech control from deleting specific content to restricting users' eligibility to post comments.
The Cyberspace Administration of China has launched a special rectification targeting financial information, identifying activities such as distorting interpretations of financial policies and macro data, or maliciously betting against financial markets, as targets for governance, covering financial self-media accounts and information platforms.