Ministry of Commerce provides detailed explanation of the revision to the Catalog of Technologies Prohibited or Restricted from Export in China.

The Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Science and Technology issued an announcement on the 16th, soliciting public opinions on the revision of the "Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited or Restricted from Export in China," and imposing interim management measures requiring pre-export registration for relevant technologies. This public consultation involves 40 key technologies proposed for addition in three fields: artificial intelligence, biomedicine, and photovoltaics. Among them, 14 technologies are proposed to be prohibited from export, including AI-driven malicious code generation and mutation technology, cell and gene therapy technology process platforms with independent intellectual property rights, and perovskite and tandem cell module production technology; 26 technologies are proposed to be restricted from export, including AI-assisted vulnerability discovery technology, discovery and validation technology for entirely new targets of universal cell and gene therapy with independent intellectual property rights, and polysilicon engineering technology with a single-line production capacity of 30,000 tons per year. The announcement also specifies circumstances under which facilitation measures apply.