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As the demand for artificial intelligence computing grows, the cross-border deployment of models, chips, and related technologies is increasingly attracting the attention of export control policies in various countries.

China has proposed a draft revision to its technology export-control list that would bring 40 technologies in areas including artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology and solar energy under a new export-control review framework. Several of the technologies are AI-related. The move highlights how exports, deployment and international cooperation involving critical technologies are coming under closer policy scrutiny as the US-China technology rivalry intensifies.

According to a Reuters report, China’s Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology released the draft revision on Oct. 16. Of the 40 technologies covered, 23 are related to AI. The draft outlines potential controls on the overseas deployment of some AI models involving sensitive technologies, and seeks public comment through Nov. 15.

The draft could cover some export activities involving large AI models, AI agents and related computing technologies, according to the report. However, not all AI services would necessarily face the same restrictions. Services provided through APIs, websites, applications and software-as-a-service platforms could be subject to different legal and regulatory arrangements from the direct export of technologies or models. The precise scope will depend on the final rules.

Chinese authorities said the measures are intended to safeguard national security and technological interests. The United States, meanwhile, has in recent years continued to restrict the export of certain advanced semiconductors and related technologies to China, citing national security and military-use risks. The interaction between the two countries’ policies has made AI models, chips, computing equipment and technology licensing key areas of international technology competition.

For Taiwan, the developments could affect export-compliance work for semiconductor, server, AI software and cross-border technology services companies. Businesses will need to continue monitoring export-control lists, end-use rules and requirements in customers’ jurisdictions to avoid transaction delays or legal risks resulting from regulatory changes.

China’s measures remain at the draft and public-consultation stage, and the actual scope and timing of the controls have yet to be confirmed. Attention will now turn to whether the final rules are revised and whether the United States and other major economies respond with measures of their own.