China proposes export controls on advanced AI, from model weights to agents

Beijing's draft list covers 40 technologies, and AI accounts for 23 of them, including large language models and computing clusters China wants a say in who gets its best AI. Beijing has proposed adding advanced AI technologies to its export-control list, a step designed to restrict the overseas transfer of AI models and chips, Bloomberg reported. The proposal was unveiled on October 16, 2026, by two agencies: China’s Ministry of Commerce and its Ministry of Science and Technology. It covers 40 technologies across three fields: artificial intelligence, biomedicine and photovoltaics. Those 40 technologies fall into two buckets. Fourteen are marked as prohibited, while the remaining 26 are classified as restricted. AI dominates the list. It accounts for 23 specific items, which is more than half of the entire draft.

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