The compliance path for Chinese AI models going global has formally opened. According to Yuantan Tantian, a new-media account under China Media Group, DeepSeek and MiniMax have completed pre-export registration and finished open-source and overseas licensing since the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Science and Technology released a draft revision of the Catalogue of Technologies Export Prohibited and Restricted for public comment on October 16. They are the first AI companies publicly confirmed to have completed filing under the proposed rules.
1. Top Players Cross the Line First
Yuantan Tantian disclosed the progress on the evening of October 22. Media reports cited by Guandian said the two companies had “smoothly fulfilled registration procedures and completed open-source and overseas authorized use”. Hong Kong-listed MiniMax (00100.HK) saw an immediate market reaction: its shares jumped 16.74% on October 23, with short-selling value of HK$338 million and a short ratio of 7.832% as of 16:25 that day.
Key Facts at a Glance
· Oct 16: MOFCOM and MOST release the draft Catalogue revision for public comment
· 23 AI-related technologies proposed for control: large models, agents, computing clusters, information processing
· 16.74%: MiniMax single-day gain on Oct 23 (00100.HK)
· HK$338M: short-selling value that day, short ratio 7.832%
2. Auto Licensing Draws the Compliance Map
According to MOFCOM's Q&A, the control logic behind the 23 listed technologies is clear: ① keep AI safe and controllable, preventing technologies such as autonomous malicious-code generation from being abused against critical infrastructure; ② encourage openness — exports for open-sourcing AI technology, building and operating overseas computing centers, overseas chip fabrication, joint R&D using overseas resources, and participation in international standards setting all qualify for automatic licensing, effectively “file and go”.
Technologies already in the public domain through open-source releases or academic papers fall outside export controls. The boundaries of different going-global models are also defined: offering API calls, app/web interaction, SaaS applications, or lightweight on-device deployment based on controlled models does not constitute export of the model technology itself; overseas localized deployment does fall in scope, but deployments on risk-controllable infrastructure such as a company's own overseas cloud can qualify for automatic licensing.
3. Compliance Certainty Is the Best Endorsement
Analysts cited by Sina Finance noted that many overseas customers had previously taken a wait-and-see attitude toward the compliance risks of Chinese models; with the registration lane now proven, trust in Chinese models in the global market is set to improve. The filings by DeepSeek and MiniMax give the whole industry a workable reference — what can be exported, how, and through which process is now written in practice rather than in principle.
For more Chinese model vendors planning to go global, the playbook is in place and compliance costs have shifted from “uncertain” to “computable”. NineZenith's Tianxing model likewise serves government and enterprise scenarios, and a clear policy boundary helps the entire industry build stable compliance expectations. (Compiled from public reports by Cailianshe, ITHome, Guandian and Sina Finance.)