# China's State-Directed Agent Economy Policy

Chinese governments increasingly issue industrial policy to commercialize AI agents directly, promoting Token-, Agent-, and Result-as-a-Service business models and state-backed agent marketplaces; expect further provincial and national measures engineering a monetized agent economy rather than leaving it to markets.

- Conviction: 34 / 100 (forming)
- Horizon: Emerging (watchlist)
- Tracking since: 2026-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Last updated: 2026-07-26T05:45:07.893Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/trends/china-agent-economy-industrial-policy
- Publisher: Polylog
- Affected regions: China

## Recent evidence

- [confirms] Beijing Approves Policy to Build a Monetized "Token Economy" Around AI Agents (2026-07-26): Four municipal departments approved a 10-measure plan promoting Token-, Agent-, and Result-as-a-Service models, described in Chinese press as the country's first provincial agent-specific policy. Establishes government industrial policy explicitly aimed at monetizing AI agents.