China proposes adding 40 AI, biotech, solar technologies to export control list

China proposed new export controls on 23 AI technologies along with additional biotech and solar power technologies to tighten oversight amid US rivalry, aiming to guard national security and manage geopolitical competition. The controls focus on overseas deployment of sensitive AI models but exclude API and SaaS access, allowing selected Chinese AI firms to continue expanding internationally while restricting sensitive technology transfers.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Frontier Models, and 3 sources have reported it.