People line up while waiting at an Apple Store as Apple's new iPhone 15 officially goes on sale across China, in Shanghai, China September 22, 2023. Apple began last Friday requiring app developers to submit the "internet content provider (ICP) filing" when they publish new apps on its App Store, it said on its website for developers. Chinese regulators last week released names of the first batch of mobile app stores that have completed app filings, but Apple's App Store was not among those on the list. In a post on X, Jinyu Meng, an independent developer, said, "If my apps can't be launched in China without app filing, I will take down my apps [there]." Under the new rule, apps without proper filings will be punished after the grace period that will end in March next year, while newly developed apps need to comply with the rule from September.

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Persons: Aly, Apple, Rich Bishop, AppInChina, Jinyu Meng, Josh Ye, Miyoung Kim, Jamie Freed Organizations: Apple, REUTERS, Tencent, HK, Huawei, Twitter, COVID, Reuters, Thomson Locations: China, Shanghai, HONG KONG, U.S, Americas, Europe, Beijing