The American Biden Government released the latest draft rules to further restrict US and enterprises invest in China for semiconductors, quantum computing and artificial intelligence business.
Comprehensive Reuters and Bloomberg reported that the US Ministry of Finance issued a draft of the proposed rules on Friday (June 21) to restrict American companies or individuals in foreign investment in "the next generation of military, intelligence, surveillance, surveillance, surveillance, surveillance, surveillance,Or the technology that is important for network capabilities ", these technologies pose a threat to the United States' Guoan.
The draft also lists the information that American citizens must provide when engaged in related field transactions, and what will be regarded as violating restrictions.
This draft was originally aimed at mainland China, Macau and Hong Kong, but US officials said that they may further expand the scope of restrictions in the future.
The restricted transactions include equity acquisitions, debt financing, green space investment, joint venture companies that can be converted into equity, and certain investment as non -US collection investment funds.Intelligent technology, systems involving specific computing power for training, etc.
The US Department of Finance described that this provision aims to implement a "narrow and targeted" national security plan, focusing on specific investment in China such as China.
This rule originated from the administrative order issued by President Biden last August, which aims to limit "focusing on the country" to obtain US funds for the development of advanced technologies.
The U.S. Treasury is seeking public comments on this proposed rule until August 4 this year.After that, the Ministry of Finance is expected to release the final rules.
With the increasingly tense Sino -US relations, the United States is increasingly worried that China has made breakthroughs in the field of artificial intelligence, thereby gaining advantages in the military field.The U.S. government is committed to curbing China's high -tech field development by restricting China's semiconductor equipment and technologies that China can obtain.
A senior official of the U.S. Finance said at a call with reporters on Friday that Washington wants to prevent Chinese development of artificial intelligence applications. These applications can be used for weapon aiming or large -scale surveillance operations, such as location trackingwait.