Have DeepSeek and MiniMax cleared China Ministry of Commerce AI export filings for overseas open-source releases?

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A forum post cites Chinese media that both firms completed cross-border review filings; no English-language official confirmation was checked, so it remains unconfirmed.

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    A local-LLM forum post, citing Chinese media dated October 22, says DeepSeek and MiniMax completed required registration filings under China's temporary AI export rules so they can distribute advanced models overseas. No English official confirmation was checked in this run.

    Source: r/LocalLLaMA
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No. DeepSeek has not confirmed it as of Oct 23.
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