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Companies making closed-weight models typically don't export them at all, but sell access to them as a service. (Which doesn't count as an export of the model.) So it's primarily companies releasing open weights (if they pass the thresholds for the restricted category), or that host their models in datacenters outside China that will need to apply for an export license.
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> Which doesn't count as an export of the model.

Says who?

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Said the Ministry of Commerce at the press conference for the draft export controls: https://www.mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/xwfyrth/art/2026/art_d7661dbf... 对于企业利用限制类大模型对外提供API调用、APP/网页交互、SaaS应用、本地端侧轻量化部署等情形,不属于大模型技术出口管理范围。
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