The government just last week released new regulations for the industry, including limiting the amount of time children can play video games to just three hours a week.
Chinese regulators summoned gaming companies including Tencent Holdings and Netease Inc to discuss further oversight of the industry and the need to deemphasize profits, prompting a slide in share prices.
The Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee, the National Press and Publication Administration and two other agencies called the meeting to convey plans to step up supervision and start checks on illegal behaviour, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency.
