China has released new guidelines on generative AI services, limiting their public use while encouraging industrial development.
Reuters reported the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) softened its stance compared to draft rules in April. These new interim regulations will take effect on August 15th. The guidelines only affect organizations offering generative AI services to the public. Other entities developing the same technology but not for mass-market use do not fall under the measures.
That is a perception index and not a democracy index. It is purely based on what the surveyed people said about their government.
If you ask most in China anything about the government, they will only say good things and deny anything else, because doing otherwise could result in them getting ‘disappeared’.
As the survey report itself says:
“In authoritarian countries, positive perceptions might result from different conceptions of democracy, high levels of government satisfaction, or fear of speaking out against the government.” I am betting on the latter.