Legal analysis of Interim Measures (issued April 10, effective July 15, 2026) by CAC + NDRC + MIIT + MPS + SAMR. Scope: AI simulating human personality for continuous emotional interaction in China. Exempt: customer service, knowledge Q&A, workplace assistants, education without sustained emotional interaction. Minors: ban on virtual intimate relationships (partners/relatives) for all minors; guardian consent for other anthropomorphic services under 14; minor modes with time limits and parental controls. Security assessments at 1M registered / 100k MAU thresholds. Training-data and interaction-data restrictions; app-store verification duties.