In 2024, China issued 1,416 game licenses - a record since 2019
Launching in China is still a challenge, but there are a lot of successful cases.
Among the 1,416 licenses, 1,306 were issued for local projects (made by Chinese developers). Consequently, 110 licenses were given to foreign projects.
In 2023, 1,075 licenses were issued (977 for local games; 98 for foreign); in 2022 - 512 (468 local games; 44 foreign); in 2021 - 755 (679 local games; 76 foreign); in 2020 - 1,411 (1,314 local games; 97 foreign); in 2019 - 1,570 licenses (1,385 local games; 185 foreign); in 2018 - 2,095 licenses (2,040 local; 55 foreign).
China stopped issuing licenses in July 2021. Restrictions were lifted for local developers in April 2022 and for foreign developers in December 2022.