China's draft proposal restricts exports of AI models exceeding 2 trillion parameters—such as Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 and Alibaba's Qwen 3.8-Max—or models ranking in the top 10 globally.

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Technologies already in the public domain, including open-source AI releases and academic publications, remain exempt from China's proposed export controls.

China's Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology on October 16, 2026 jointly proposed export bans on 14 technologies and restrictions on 26 technologies across AI, solar power, and biotechnology.

China's government plans to provide streamlined procedures, including automatic licensing, for export transactions involving open-source artificial intelligence technologies.

The October 16, 2026 draft export proposal includes 23 artificial intelligence technologies covering large models, intelligent agents, chip designs, and computing clusters.

On July 1, 2026, China implemented rules tightening outbound transfers of technology and data, after previously blocking Meta's $2 billion acquisition of Chinese AI startup Manus on national security grounds.

China's export proposal targets AI chip designs utilizing 14-nanometer or advanced packaging techniques, alongside designs for advanced memory chips.

China's proposal prohibits exports of AI model core technologies trained on sensitive national data and AI agents designed for national defense or critical information infrastructure.

China's Ministry of Commerce stated on October 16, 2026 that the proposed tech export controls aim to prevent risks from technology proliferation while maintaining safeguards for national security and human control.

In 2020, Beijing added algorithms to its export control catalog after the first Trump administration threatened to ban TikTok unless the application sold its U.S. assets.

The servers smuggled by Greg Lui to China contained Nvidia A100 and H100 graphics processing units, which are restricted chips optimized to handle large language models and train artificial intelligence applications