Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM)

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1. Oct 19
   China commerce ministry unveils tech-driven plan to expand services consumption

   At an October 19 State Council Information Office briefing on the Opinion on Accelerating Tech-Empowered Commerce, MOFCOM said expanding services consumption through technology is a key part of the document, which promotes applying AI and big data to services consumption. Market development director Meng Yue said the ministry encourages housekeeping companies to work with tech firms on smart housekeeping platforms with traceable service processes, supports smart elderly-care facilities using wearable devices and body-sensing monitoring for health tracking and emergency assistance, and encourages qualified localities to explore AI in health management and rehabilitation care. The briefing also cited MOFCOM big-data figures showing sales of smart glasses on key platforms rose 1.1-fold in January-September, while MIIT said China produced more than 400 humanoid robot models and over 40,000 units in the first half, expects full-year output above 100,000, and has pushed validation and deployment in over 300 scenarios including warehousing, food and retail, and home services.

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2. Oct 16
   China drafts first AI export controls covering models, agents and compute clusters

   China's Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology released a draft addition to the national catalogue of technologies prohibited or restricted from export on October 16, covering advanced large AI models, AI agents and large computing clusters for the first time. The draft names 40 key technologies across AI, biopharma and photovoltaics, with 14 prohibited and 26 restricted and requiring permission to export; public comment runs from October 16 to November 15, and during the interim a temporary registration is required for exports of the listed technologies, including transactions already under way. According to the reports, model controls trigger when a system is trained on designated sensitive Chinese data or reaches 2 trillion parameters, 10^26 FLOPs of training compute or a global top-10 ranking, while technology already public through open source or academic publication falls outside the controls and open-weight releases can qualify for automatic licensing.

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