China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said that it will form a working group to establish standards for the metaverse sector, as Beijing seeks to be a global standard setter for new technology.
The ministry released a draft proposal to form a working group for the metaverse – shared virtual worlds accessible via the Internet. The proposal said the metaverse is one of the nine emerging tech sectors which China should strive to establish standards for. The metaverse has become one of the hottest tech trends since 2021, but there is yet to be consensus on what qualifies as a metaverse despite the hype.
