Physix Frontier · News Briefing Card (TMTPost · Nov 6, 2026)

CAICT and 20 institutions release agent self-discipline pact

KEY FACTS

On November 4, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) joined Huawei, Tencent, Alibaba and 17 other institutions to release the "Agent Development Self-Discipline Convention" at the Wuzhen Summit.
The convention covers eight areas, including agent identity verification, cross-platform interoperability, tiered authorization and security protection.
On October 14, Doubao published a refusal list on which 155 apps explicitly declined its screen-automation operations.
The refusal list includes 66 apps in the Tencent ecosystem, 23 in the Alibaba ecosystem, 14 in the Kuaishou ecosystem and 11 in the Meituan ecosystem.
On October 12, StepFun released STEPX Neo, which partners with nearly 100 companies through open interfaces.

KEY DATA

20Number of signatory institutions

155Number of apps refusing Doubao

66Number of refusing apps in Tencent ecosystem

Nearly 100Number of StepFun partner companies

PHYSIX OBSERVATION

The convention is a gesture, not a pass. Platforms still open to agents item by item on a business basis, and they will not readily hand over core transaction capabilities. The real signal is this: user authorization and platform permission must be separated, and whoever sets the cross-platform certification rules holds the say over the AI entry point.

Source: TMTPost report