On Oct 16, China MOFCOM and MOST seek comment on adding 23 AI technologies to the export-control catalogue.
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China MOFCOM and MOST seek comment on adding 23 AI technologies to the export-control catalogue
Ministry of Commerce of China published this on Oct 16, 2026 (source: mofcom.gov.cn).
China's Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology issued Announcement No. 48 proposing to revise the Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited and Restricted from Export, adding 40 technologies across AI, biomedicine and photovoltaics—including 23 AI entries covering large models, agents, computing clusters and information processing. Technologies already in the public domain via open source or papers are excluded. Public comments run through November 15; until the catalogue is formally revised, exporters must register listed transfers on MOFCOM's platform before export, including deals already underway. MOFCOM later said most AI tech would still export freely, and API/SaaS/app interaction and lightweight edge deployment are not treated as model-technology exports.
Source: Ministry of Commerce of China - Reported by The Information
China weighs letting ByteDance and Alibaba buy Nvidia's RTX PRO 5500, per The Information
Not confirmed by the company — reported on Sep 28, 2026 (source: cnbc.com).
CNBC, citing The Information, reports that China is considering allowing companies including ByteDance and Alibaba to buy Nvidia's new RTX PRO 5500 GPU. Final approval and timing are unconfirmed; ByteDance and Alibaba did not respond to requests for comment.
Source: CNBC - Reported by Bloomberg
China now requires Beijing's approval for trips abroad by spouses and children of some top AI and chip executives, per Bloomberg
Not confirmed by the company — reported on Sep 28, 2026 (source: udn.com).
Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reports that China has widened travel restrictions on top AI professionals at private companies to cover some of their family members. Spouses and children of some AI and chip executives now need Beijing's approval even for short trips abroad. The measures are not a blanket exit ban, and it is unclear whether relatives of everyone affected must comply. China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology did not respond to Bloomberg's request for comment.
Source: United Daily News (in Chinese) - Reported by The Decoder
Wuhan court makes AI production costs a legal factor in copyright damages, per The Decoder
Not confirmed by the company — reported on Sep 28, 2026 (source: the-decoder.com).
The Decoder reports a court in Wuhan, China factored token usage and AI tool licensing fees into a copyright damages calculation for the first time, part of China's broader push on copyright for AI-generated works.
Source: The Decoder