Industry associations and societies

Ministry-supervised associations that define the terms, hand out the awards, run the competitions and speak for performers.

• Beijing Information Industry Association (北京信息产业协会) — Beijing IT association setting digital human terminology standards and running a metaverse expert committee
• Beijing Informatization Association (北京信息化协会) — Beijing Informatization Association sets T/BIA standards for large-model digital human systems
• China Advertising Association Digital Metaverse Working Committee (中国广告协会数字元宇宙工作委员会) — CAA committee co-founding the Digital Human Data Asset Operation Alliance, governing digital human marketing
• China Association of Cultural Industries (中国文化产业协会) — China Association of Cultural Industries promotes digital humans for cultural metaverse, museums, tourism
• China Computer Federation (中国计算机学会) — China's top CS society convening digital human research, forums, and industry awards
• China Education Technology Association (中国教育技术协会) — CAET advances edtech and convenes China’s “Education Digital Human” competition to showcase AI use cases
• China Electronics Video Industry Association (中国电子视像行业协会) — National body guiding China's digital human sector via event oversight, standards, and industry awards
• China Federation of Radio and Television Associations (中国广播电视社会组织联合会) — China's broadcasting federation sets AI digital human rules while protecting performer image rights
• Internet Society of China (中国互联网协会) — Organization promoting digital humans via conferences & competitions
• Zhongguancun Digital Media Industry Association (中关村数字媒体产业联盟) — Beijing industry alliance that launched a Digital Human Special Committee and publishes T/ZDMIA group standards