In the digital age, the contradiction between mobile games between parents and children is becoming more common. Parental surveillance on mobile phones allows access to digital conversations and photos, enabling continuous contact with young people. Additionally, the emergence of applications, such as youth protection models and parental controls, legally facilitates parents in monitoring their children's online behaviour (Boyd & Hargittai, 2013). Lachace's (2019) study underscores the adaptability of teenagers to parental monitoring. Furthermore, the Chinese government published one policy about the time and money youth can spend on mobile games in 2021.

This research, based on 1,800 questionnaires and 20 family interviews, addresses the following:
(i) The current state of online gaming among young people, along with parental and state interventions in China.
(ii) Identification of problems and their impact on family relationships.
(iii) Exploration of potential solutions to enhance family relationships and establish an appropriate level of intervention in young people's gaming.

Key findings from the survey and interviews include:
1. Limited understanding of the country's anti-addiction system, leading families to provide personal information for youth to play mobile games; despite this, most parents do not endorse youth gaming.
2. Parents resort to reasons like protecting eyesight or being busy with schoolwork to encourage youth gaming, resulting in conflicts with their children.
3. Parents often use short single-player game durations (10 minutes) to control their children’s gaming, displaying a lack of in-depth knowledge about mobile games and insufficient communication with youth.

Keywords: Youth, mobile games, family relationship.