China's Ministry of Commerce held a meeting with companies including Alibaba, ByteDance, and Zhipu to discuss tightening export controls on advanced AI models, encompassing both closed-source and certain open-weight models. Officials also consulted with Chinese tech firms on preventing overseas chip manufacturers like Qualcomm and TSMC from producing advanced semiconductors based on Chinese designs.
China is moving to control its domestic AI and semiconductor IP, creating a bifurcated global supply chain where advanced technology flows are restricted by national origin.