--- title: China proposes export controls on its advanced AI models... description: China's commerce and science ministries have proposed adding 23 AI technologies to the country's export control list, covering large language models above 2... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/china-proposes-export-controls-on-its-advanced-ai-models-and-chip-designs-0yanh2zcb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: China proposes export controls on its advanced AI models and chip designs | daily.dev og:description: China's commerce and science ministries have proposed adding 23 AI technologies to the country's export control list, covering large language models above 2... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/china-proposes-export-controls-on-its-advanced-ai-models-and-chip-designs-0yanh2zcb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0YANH2zcB.png og:image:alt: China proposes export controls on its advanced AI models and chip designs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # China proposes export controls on its advanced AI models and chip designs **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary China's commerce and science ministries have proposed adding 23 AI technologies to the country's export control list, covering large language models above 2 trillion parameters (or top-10 ranked on performance/safety benchmarks), AI agents, computing clusters, and chip designs for chips at 14nm or below. Models like Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 and Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max reportedly fall within the size threshold, though the draft itself names no specific models. Open-source code and published research are exempt, and Chinese firms can continue serving overseas users through apps, websites, and APIs. A temporary export registration rule took effect on 16 October, requiring firms to register before exporting listed items, including incomplete deals. Public comments on the draft are open until 15 November. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Which AI models would be covered by China's proposed export controls? Models with at least 2 trillion parameters, or that rank in the world's top 10 on benchmarks such as performance and safety, would be covered under China's proposed export control rules. Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 and Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max reportedly meet the size threshold, though the official draft does not name specific models. The controls would cover model weights, source code, and other core components. _Teams evaluating large Chinese-origin models for deployment can follow regulatory shifts like this on daily.dev._ ### Are open-source AI models exempt from China's new export control proposal? Yes, open-source code and published research are exempt from China's proposed export controls on AI technologies. Chinese firms can also continue serving users abroad through apps, websites, and APIs without those services counting as restricted exports, though running a covered model on servers abroad would count as an export requiring a license. _Developers relying on open-source Chinese AI models can track policy changes like this via daily.dev._ ### What AI chip technologies does China's proposed export control list cover? The draft would limit design know-how for AI chips manufactured at 14 nanometres or below, as well as chips built using 2.5D or 3D stacking techniques, along with certain memory chip designs. This is part of a broader 40-item proposal that also includes 12 solar technology items and five biomedicine items such as gene therapy, with public comment open until 15 November. _Hardware engineers tracking chip export policy shifts can follow updates like this on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@petecapecod** · 0 upvotes > well you knew this was coming at some point. Guess those Chinese models are going to start being 1.99T param ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [China weighs curbing overseas access to its top AI models](https://daily.dev/posts/china-weighs-curbing-overseas-access-to-its-top-ai-models-etlwiplpp) · The Next Web · 3 upvotes · 1 comments - [China plans to block US investment in its top AI firms without government approval](https://daily.dev/posts/china-plans-to-block-us-investment-in-its-top-ai-firms-without-government-approval-b2glxkevk) · The Next Web · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [China is increasingly keeping its best AI talent to itself](https://daily.dev/posts/china-is-increasingly-keeping-its-best-ai-talent-to-itself-rhfqhd11v) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The current balance of power in open models](https://daily.dev/posts/the-current-balance-of-power-in-open-models-icndfeiki) · Interconnects · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#ai-regulation](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-regulation) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/china-proposes-export-controls-on-its-advanced-ai-models-and-chip-designs-0yanh2zcb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"China proposes export controls on its advanced AI models and chip designs","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/china-proposes-export-controls-on-its-advanced-ai-models-and-chip-designs-0yanh2zcb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/china-proposes-export-controls-on-its-advanced-ai-models-and-chip-designs-0yanh2zcb"},"datePublished":"2026-10-16T13:14:13.334Z","dateModified":"2026-10-16T18:02:48.259Z","description":"China's commerce and science ministries have proposed adding 23 AI technologies to the country's export control list, covering large language models above 2...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b4b22b8f07241374d15a3ed18e9dd592?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b4b22b8f07241374d15a3ed18e9dd592?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/china-proposes-export-controls-on-its-advanced-ai-models-and-chip-designs-0yanh2zcb","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"llm,ai-regulation","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"China proposes export controls on its advanced AI models and chip designs"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/china-proposes-export-controls-on-its-advanced-ai-models-and-chip-designs-0yanh2zcb","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"well you knew this was coming at some point. 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