China Game Approvals

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A monthly tracker of China's game approvals from the NPPA, covering the size of each batch against previous years and which titles from Tencent, NetEase and other listed publishers were approved.

Frequency

Monthly

First issue

30 Apr 2026

Latest issue

01 Oct 2026

Issues published

6

Markets

Greater China

Analyst

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Most featured stocks

Kuaishou (1024 HK), IDREAMSKY (1119 HK), XD (2400 HK), KINGSOFT (3888 HK), TENCENT (700 HK), BILIBILI (9626 HK), NTES (9999 HK), ZENGAME (2660 HK), CMGE (302 HK)

All issues

October 2026

• Tencent/Netease: Two Months Without Approvals despite Second-Highest Count Since 2022 01 Oct 2026

September 2026

• Tencent/Netease: Zero Game Approval Despite New High in Approved Games 01 Sep 2026

July 2026

• Tencent/Netease: One Game for NetEase as July Approvals Hit New High 24 Jul 2026
• Tencent/Netease: One Game for Tencent in June 01 Jul 2026

May 2026

• Tencent/Netease: One Game for Netease in Consecutive Months 27 May 2026

April 2026

• Tencent/Netease: One approval for each in April 30 Apr 2026