China proposes export curbs on artificial intelligence technology.
Today's events
China proposes new technology export curbs.
Commerce and science ministries opened comment on adding 40 artificial-intelligence, biomedicine and solar technologies to the export-control catalogue — 14 banned outright.1Oct 16 · Commerce MinistryXi inspects a green computing hub in Inner Mongolia.
At Ulanqab, Xi called the national computing network a Party leadership priority and told officials to pair compute growth with power and water planning.2Oct 16 · State CouncilXi publishes an article on tightening Party discipline.
Xi's article in Qiushi Issue 20, out Oct 16, calls fighting corruption a struggle that “cannot stop for a moment or retreat half a step.”3Oct 15 · QiushiFactory-gate prices rise five percent.
September producer prices rose 5.0% from a year earlier, with mining prices up 25.4% and non-ferrous metals purchase prices up 20.0%.4Oct 14 · Statistics BureauForeign ministry rejects Japan's nuclear signals.
Beijing said Japan's prime minister hinting at exceptions to the three non-nuclear principles exposes “ever-expanding nuclear ambitions” and breaches postwar obligations.5Oct 16 · Foreign MinistryResearch spending reaches 3.9 trillion yuan.
National research and development spending hit 3.93 trillion yuan in 2025, or 2.80% of economic output, with basic research up 13.3%.6Oct 16 · Statistics BureauHydrogen enters the five-year energy plan.
China's annual hydrogen output tops 39 million tonnes, over half the world's capacity; built and planned pipelines now exceed 13,000 kilometers.7Oct 16 · Energy AdministrationA former Qingdao vice mayor is expelled from the Party.
Shandong expelled Wang Bo, former Qingdao Party standing-committee member and vice mayor, from the Party and public office, referring him for prosecution.8Oct 16 · Discipline CommissionMainland green power certificates reach Hong Kong.
The first cross-border auction sold about 100,000 renewable-energy certificates covering nearly 100 million kilowatt-hours to nine Hong Kong institutions.9Oct 14 · Energy Administration
Voices
“Implementing the East Data, West Computing project and building a nationally integrated computing network is an important arrangement of the Party Central Committee.”
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party · Oct 162
“Japan has no so-called room for discussion when it comes to observing the postwar international order and abiding by its international obligations.”
Mao Ning, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson · Oct 165
“This revision is routine work in technology-trade management, conducted in accordance with law and regulation, and is not directed at any specific country, region or entity.”
Commerce Ministry Spokesperson · Oct 161
“Wang Bo lost his ideals and convictions, betrayed his founding mission, was disloyal and dishonest to the Party, and resisted organizational investigation.”
Shandong Discipline Inspection Commission · Oct 168
“In 2025, national research and development spending maintained steady growth, investment intensity rose relatively quickly, and the share going to basic research climbed steadily.”
Statistics Bureau, Science Ministry and Finance Ministry communiqué · Oct 166
“The Greater Bay Area has a unique advantage in connecting two sets of market rules, those of the mainland and those of Hong Kong.”
Liu Jintao, Guangzhou Power Exchange Center · Oct 149
Sources
- Ministry of Commerce, “Commerce Ministry spokesperson answers questions on revising the Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited or Restricted from Export,” October 16, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/xwfyrth/…/export-technology-catalogue
- State Council (gov.cn), “General Secretary inspects the green computing industry, guiding locally tailored development of new quality productive forces,” October 16, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/content_7083487
- Qiushi (Party Theoretical Journal), Xi Jinping, “Advancing Full and Rigorous Party Self-Governance with Higher Standards and More Practical Measures,” Issue 20, announced October 15, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-10/15/…/qiushi-xi-party-self-governance
- National Bureau of Statistics, “Producer prices for industrial goods rose 5.0% year-on-year in September 2026, up 1.2% month-on-month,” October 14, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/…/t20261014_1965476
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning's regular press conference of October 16, 2026,” October 16, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/t20261016_12041978
- National Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Finance, “2025 National Statistical Communiqué on Science and Technology Spending,” October 16, 2026. stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/…/t20261016_1965512
- National Energy Administration, “China's hydrogen industry enters the fast lane of development,” October 16, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20261016/…/hydrogen-industry-fast-lane
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “Wang Bo, former member of the Qingdao Municipal Party Standing Committee and former vice mayor, expelled from the Party and from public office,” October 16, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/t20261016_517223
- National Energy Administration, “First batch of national cross-border green certificate trades concluded; mainland green certificates land at scale in Hong Kong,” October 14, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20261016/…/cross-border-green-certificates