Chinese regulators limit game playing time for kids to 15 hours a month during school break
Tencent and NetEase, China’s two biggest video-gaming firms, signalled their adherence to existing regulations during the winter school break
Chinese children will be limited to a total video game playing time of about 15 hours during their month-long winter school holiday, under strict rules designed to prevent them becoming addicted to games.
Tencent Holdings and NetEase, China’s two biggest video-gaming companies, have signalled their adherence to existing regulations, which add up to no more than 16 hours during the school holiday period which begins mid-January.
Tencent, which operates the world’s largest video gaming business by revenue, said on Thursday that children aged under 18 can play for up to 15 hours between January 13 and February 13, while its smaller rival NetEase has restricted gaming time for minors to no more than 16 hours between January 15 and February 14.
