China Game Approval Tracker (NPPA 版号)

China Game Approval Tracker gives you China's official game license (版号, "banhao") approvals from the National Press and Publication Administration (NPPA, 国家新闻出版署) as clean, structured JSON. Search by Chinese title, publisher, operator, approval number, ISBN, platform or date, across domestic and imported game approvals, approval changes and revocations since 2009.

• 📋 21,000+ NPPA approval records from five official lists, 2009 to today
• 🔄 Refreshed daily from nppa.gov.cn. New monthly batches appear the day after NPPA publishes them.
• 🏷️ Chinese source text kept as published, with English field names and English category labels
• 💸 Pay only for records delivered. No results, errors or invalid input cost nothing.
• 🤖 Built for AI agents and automations: one record per approval and predictable JSON

A 版号 (banhao) is a publishing license, not an age rating. Every online game released commercially in mainland China needs NPPA approval, which comes with an approval document number (批复文号) and an ISBN (出版物号).

This is an unofficial tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the NPPA or any Chinese government body.

What can you use China Game Approval Tracker for?

• Market entry and publishing: check whether a game has a China game license, when it was approved, and which publisher and operator hold it.
• Monthly banhao tracking: pull every domestic and imported approval from the latest NPPA batch in one call, for newsletters, dashboards or investor notes.
• Competitive and investment research: count approvals by company (e.g. 腾讯, 网易, 米哈游) or platform over time.
• Due diligence: verify an NPPA approval number or ISBN quoted in a deal or press release.
• Change and revocation monitoring: see operator changes, title changes and revoked licenses.
• AI agents: answer "Is this game approved in China?" with one call.

Sample output

{
  "titleZh": "33号避难所",
  "listType": "domestic",
  "category": [{ "en": "Mobile", "zh": "移动" }],
  "publisher": "广东音像出版社有限公司",
  "operator": "广州龙畅网络科技有限公司",
  "approvalNumber": "国新出审〔2026〕1917号",
  "isbn": "978-7-498-17356-0",
  "approvalDate": "2026-08-28",
  "announcement": {
    "titleZh": "2026年8月份国产网络游戏审批信息",
    "url": "https://www.nppa.gov.cn/bsfw/jggs/yxspjg/gcwlyxspxx/202608/t20260831_1005702.html"
  },
  "source": "NPPA official website (nppa.gov.cn)",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-09-27T13:10:00+00:00"
}

A change record (listType: "change") also includes changeDetailsZh, for example 原运营单位（上海勤雨信息科技有限公司） ("previous operator: ..."). A revocation record includes revocationDetailsZh.

You can download results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or fetch them via the Apify API.

Output fields

Field	Source column	Description
titleZh	名称	Approved game title, in Chinese as published
listType	–	domestic, import, import-console, change or revocation (see Coverage)
category	申报类别	Platforms/formats applied for, with English label + Chinese original. Empty for older records.
publisher	出版单位	Publishing entity holding the license, in Chinese
operator	运营单位	Operating entity, in Chinese
approvalNumber	批复文号	NPPA approval document number, e.g. 国新出审〔2026〕1917号
isbn	出版物号	ISBN assigned to the game. Empty for some older records.
approvalDate	批准时间	Approval date, YYYY-MM-DD
changeDetailsZh	变更信息	What changed (change records only)
revocationDetailsZh	撤销信息	Revocation note (revocation records only)
announcement	–	Title and link of the NPPA announcement the record comes from
source, fetchedAt	–	Data source and the time of the daily sync that produced the record

Category labels: Mobile, Mobile (Casual Puzzle), PC Client, Web, Console (PS5 / Nintendo Switch / …), Physical Media (Composite Carrier). Some records from around 2017–2022 use older NPPA labels: Domestic Mobile Game, Domestic Mobile Game (Pilot Program), Domestic Web Game, Console Game.

How to search

All filters are optional and combined with AND. Results are sorted newest first.

Input	Example	Notes
gameTitle	"原神", "黑神话"	Partial match on the Chinese title. Ignores spaces and case.
company	"腾讯", "米哈游"	Partial match on publisher or operator
approvalNumber	"〔2026〕1917"	Partial match
isbn	"978-7-498-17356-0"	Exact match, hyphens optional
category	"Console"	Mobile, PC Client, Web, Console, Physical Media
listTypes	["domestic", "import"]	Default: all lists
dateFrom, dateTo	"2026-08-01"	Approval date range, inclusive
maxResults	100 (default)	Maximum records returned. You are charged only for what is delivered.

Example: every imported game approved in 2025:

{
  "listTypes": ["import"],
  "dateFrom": "2025-01-01",
  "dateTo": "2025-12-31",
  "maxResults": 500
}

Tip: search with the Chinese title. NPPA publishes titles in Chinese only, and the approved title can differ from the marketing name. If you only know the English name, look up the official Chinese title first (for example Genshin Impact → 原神), or search by publisher or operator instead.

Pricing

This Actor uses pay per event pricing, with no platform usage fee on top:

Event	Price	When
Approval record	$0.003 per record	For each record delivered to your dataset
Lookup fee	$0.01 per run	Once per run, only if at least one record was delivered

Examples:

• Check one game (2 records): 2 × $0.003 + $0.01 = $0.016
• A full monthly domestic batch (about 150 records): about $0.46
• No matching records: $0

You are not charged anything when:

• the search returns no results,
• the input is invalid,
• the data source is temporarily unavailable.

Set a maximum cost per run in the run options and the Actor stops at that limit.

Coverage

List (listType)	NPPA source list	Period
domestic	国产网络游戏审批信息 (domestic online games)	Jan 2010 to latest monthly batch
import	进口网络游戏审批信息 (imported online games)	2012 to today
import-console	进口电子游戏审批信息 (imported console/electronic games)	2009 to 2016 (NPPA no longer publishes this list)
change	游戏审批变更信息 (approval changes)	2014 to today
revocation	游戏审批撤销信息 (revocations)	2020 to 2021 (all that NPPA has published)

Things to know:

• Titles and company names are in Chinese only. They are kept exactly as published, because official English names often don't exist.
• Older records (roughly before 2016) have no category and sometimes no ISBN. The source leaves those columns blank.
• Records reflect what NPPA publishes. Approvals not yet announced on nppa.gov.cn are not included.

FAQ

How fresh is the data? The dataset is synced from nppa.gov.cn once a day. NPPA usually publishes domestic approvals monthly. Imported-game and change lists are yearly pages that NPPA extends during the year, and both are re-checked daily. If a sync fails, the previous data is kept.

Is a 版号 the same as an age rating? No. A banhao is a publishing license issued by the NPPA. Age-appropriateness labels (适龄提示) in China are a separate system and are not part of this data.

Why can't I find a game by its English name? NPPA publishes Chinese titles only. Use the Chinese title, part of it, or the publisher/operator name.

Are the English labels official? No. Field names and category labels are our translations. The Chinese original is always included.

Is this legal to use? The data is official public information published on the NPPA website. The Actor only collects the approval lists. It collects no personal data, only company names as published by the NPPA.

Found a problem or need a custom dataset? Please open an issue in the Issues tab.

Data source and attribution

• Source: National Press and Publication Administration (国家新闻出版署, NPPA), nppa.gov.cn, game approval results (游戏审批结果)
• Every record links to its original NPPA announcement in announcement.url
• This Actor is an independent, unofficial tool and is not affiliated with the NPPA or the Government of the People's Republic of China. Always check critical decisions against the official NPPA website.