A release by the Youth Center Services in China reports that the number of online gamers under the age of 18 dropped from 18 percent to 15 percent from the year 2007 to 2008. China considers internet addiction to be a serious problem among Chinese youth. Several rehabilitation centers throughout China focus strictly on internet addiction.

However, the Chinese government attributes the sudden drop in Internet addiction to a new anti-Internet addiction system which they claim is effective in curbing online gaming addiction.

The system has been in place since 2007 and it basically tracks the online use for minors and uses a credit system which responds negatively when any minor is playing online games for more than 3 hours a day.