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China restricts technology exports, including artificial intelligence, on the grounds of national security risks.

China restricts technology exports, including artificial intelligence, on the grounds of national security risks.

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October 19th, 2026

China restricts technology exports, including artificial intelligence, on the grounds of national security risks.

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On Friday, China announced plans to restrict or ban the export of 40 technologies related to artificial intelligence, chips and solar energy.

周五,中国表示计划限制或禁止出口40项涉及人工智能、芯片和太阳能领域的技术。

At present, the technological race between China and countries such as the United States is becoming increasingly intense.

当前,中国与美国等国家的技术竞赛正日益激烈。

China's Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology jointly issued a draft document setting out a proposed update to the catalogue of technologies whose export China prohibits or restricts.

中国商务部与科技部联合发布了一份草案文件,就中国禁止或限制出口技术目录的拟议更新提出了方案。

In a statement, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said the move was "necessary" and cited national security as one of the reasons.

商务部一位发言人在声明中表示,此举是“必要”的,并将国家安全列为原因之一。

The proposal comes at a time when China and the United States have made progress in their dialogue on AI safety and governance, and have reached a degree of consensus on establishing a bilateral notification mechanism aimed at responding to AI incidents that could endanger national security.

该提案出台之际,中美两国在人工智能安全与治理对话方面已取得进展,并就建立双边通知机制达成一定共识,该机制旨在应对可能危及国家安全的AI事件。

According to the two Chinese ministries, the list released on Friday covers 23 artificial intelligence technologies, ranging from advanced large models to intelligent agents.

据中国这两个部委称,周五发布的清单涵盖23项人工智能技术,范围从先进的大模型延伸至智能体。

Over the past few years, US-led restrictions have curbed exports of certain advanced technologies to China, leaving the country unable to obtain the world's most cutting-edge AI chips and the advanced equipment needed to manufacture them.

过去几年,美国主导的限制措施遏制了部分先进技术对华出口,导致中国无法获取全球最前沿的AI芯片及制造这些芯片所需的先进设备。

Under China's proposal, the core technology of large AI models trained on sensitive national data would be banned from export; at the same time, AI agents designed specifically for highly sensitive environments such as national defense and critical information infrastructure would also be prohibited from export.

根据中国的提案,使用敏感国家数据训练的人工智能大模型,其核心技术将被禁止出口;同时,专为国防和关键信息基础设施等高度敏感环境设计的AI智能体也将被禁止出口。

The Ministry of Commerce stated: "By implementing such necessary measures, the Chinese government aims to reinforce the security baseline, prevent misuse and abuse, and ensure that artificial intelligence always remains under human control."

商务部声明称:“中国政府实施此类必要措施,旨在强化安全底线,防止误用和滥用,并确保人工智能始终处于人类控制之下。”

At the same time, exports of AI models whose parameter scale reaches or exceeds 2 trillion, or which possess certain world-leading capabilities, may be subject to restrictions.

与此同时,参数规模达到或超过2万亿、或具备某些世界领先能力的AI模型,其出口可能受到限制。

The number of parameters in an AI model is a key indicator of its learning capacity.

AI模型的参数数量是反映其学习能力的关键指标。

Chinese AI models — including Moonshot's Kimi K3 and Alibaba's Qwen 3.8-Max — have more than 2 trillion parameters, but Friday's proposal did not name any specific models.

中国的人工智能模型——包括月之暗面的Kimi K3和阿里巴巴的Qwen 3.8-Max——参数规模超过2万亿,但周五的提案并未点名具体模型。

The proposed export restrictions also cover several chip design technologies, including some AI processing chips and memory chips.

拟议的出口限制还涵盖多项芯片设计技术,所涉范围包括部分AI处理芯片与存储芯片。

Another 12 solar-related technologies have been added to the list, including those related to polysilicon manufacturing—polysilicon being the core raw material of the solar supply chain—as well as five biopharmaceutical technologies, covering those related to cell and gene therapy.

另有12项与太阳能相关的技术被列入清单,其中包括与多晶硅制造相关的技术——多晶硅是太阳能供应链的核心原材料——以及五项生物医药技术,涵盖细胞和基因治疗相关技术。

Su Lianjie, chief analyst at the technology research and consulting firm Omdia, said the move "can be seen as a response to Western countries' claims to sovereignty in AI, robotics, telecommunications and other key technology fields."

技术研究与咨询机构Omdia的首席分析师苏廉杰表示,此举“可被视为对西方国家在人工智能、机器人、电信及其他关键技术领域提出主权诉求的回应”。

In his view, the aim is to better regulate access to Chinese technology.

他认为,其目的在于更好地监管对中国技术的获取。

In June, citing national security concerns, the US Department of Commerce asked Anthropic to bar foreign nationals from using some of its most powerful AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5.

美国商务部曾于6月以国家安全担忧为由,要求Anthropic禁止外国国民使用其最强大的部分AI模型Fable 5和Mythos 5。

These restrictions were later lifted.

这些限制后来被解除。

Gary Ng, a senior economist at Natixis, added that artificial intelligence is increasingly of strategic importance to both China and the United States.

法国外贸银行高级经济学家Gary Ng补充说,人工智能对中美两国都日益具有战略意义。

"The world is becoming more fragmented in terms of trade and investment, and the same is true of access to technology," Ng said.

“世界在贸易和投资方面正变得更加碎片化,在技术获取方面也是如此,”Ng说。

October 19th, 2026

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