China's AI-generated content labelling rules take effect
Four Chinese departments issued measures requiring labels on AI-generated text, audio, images and video, in explicit and file-metadata form, effective 1 September 2025.
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Shanghai embodied intelligence implementation plan
On 6 August 2025 Shanghai released its Embodied Intelligence Industry Development Implementation Plan, targeting 100 key enterprises, 100 major application scenarios, 100 leading products and a core industry scale above 50 billion yuan.
US allows H20 sales to resume with a 15% revenue share
In July 2025 the US let Nvidia and AMD resume selling downgraded AI chips to China on condition that 15% of that revenue go to the US government, an unprecedented arrangement that raised questions over whether it amounts to an export tax.
Commerce rescinds the AI Diffusion Rule
On 13 May 2025, the US Commerce Department moved to rescind the AI Diffusion Rule two days before its compliance date, told officials not to enforce it, and issued guidance on Huawei Ascend chips and Chinese AI model training.
US requires licences for Nvidia H20 exports to China
In April 2025 the US told Nvidia that H20 accelerators, the most advanced chips it could legally sell in China, would need export licences, forcing a charge of about US$5.5 billion.
Shenzhen embodied intelligence robot action plan 2025-2027
In March 2025 Shenzhen published a 2025–2027 action plan for embodied intelligence robots, targeting an industry scale above 100 billion yuan, more than 1,200 cluster companies and a group of large, fast-growing firms.
Beijing embodied intelligence action plan 2025-2027
In March 2025 Beijing issued a three-year action plan for embodied intelligence, setting targets for technology breakthroughs, products, companies and mass production, including a goal to be the first city to exceed 10,000 units produced.
US issues Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion
A US Commerce Department interim final rule, effective 13 January 2025, that required licences for exporting advanced computing chips and the model weights of the most advanced AI models, and divided the world into three tiers of access.
U.S. adds Zhipu AI to the Entity List
In January 2025 the U.S. Commerce Department placed Zhipu AI, a Tsinghua University spin-out and one of China's AI tiger startups, on its Entity List. The company rejected the decision and later listed in Hong Kong.
US adds HBM controls and 140 Chinese entities
On 2 December 2024, BIS added export controls on high-bandwidth memory, 24 types of chipmaking equipment, three software tools and 140 Chinese entities, widening restrictions on China's advanced-node semiconductor production for military and AI uses.
China publishes consolidated filings for generative AI services
On 2 April 2024 China's cyberspace administration began publishing which generative AI services had completed filing, and required launched apps to display the model name and filing number they use.
China issues guidance on humanoid robot innovation
On 20 October 2023 China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued guidance on humanoid robots, setting targets for 2025 and 2027 and five groups of tasks covering technology, products, scenarios, ecosystem and support.
US tightens advanced chip export controls on China
On 17 October 2023 the US Bureau of Industry and Security issued three rules updating its October 2022 chip export controls, changing the chip parameters, adding licence exceptions and requirements, and expanding the Entity List.
China publishes the Interim Measures for the Management of Generative AI Services
On 13 July 2023 China's Cyberspace Administration published the Interim Measures for the Management of Generative AI Services, which took effect on 15 August 2023. They apply to generative AI services offered to the public in mainland China.
China's deep synthesis rules take effect
China's cyberspace, industry and public security authorities issued provisions regulating deep synthesis — text, images, audio, video and virtual scenes produced by generative algorithms — requiring labels on synthetic content. They took effect on 10 January 2023.
US imposes export controls on advanced computing chips to China
On 7 October 2022 the US Bureau of Industry and Security issued two rules restricting China's access to advanced computing chips, supercomputer development and advanced chip manufacturing, setting thresholds that later shaped how Nvidia sold chips in China.
China's algorithm recommendation rules take effect
China's rules on algorithm-generated recommendation, jointly issued by four departments, took effect on 1 March 2022. They impose registration, content review and data-protection duties on providers and ban models that induce addiction or manipulate rankings and search results.
US adds 28 Chinese entities including AI firms to the Entity List
On 7 October 2019 the US Commerce Department added 28 Chinese organisations, including facial-recognition and AI firms such as Hikvision, Dahua, iFlytek, Megvii and SenseTime, to its Entity List, restricting their ability to buy US products.
China issues its three-year action plan for "Internet Plus" AI
On 18 May 2016, four Chinese government bodies issued a three-year action plan for "Internet Plus" artificial intelligence, setting targets for 2018, naming priority technologies and products, and putting a figure on the market it aimed at.