On June 2, 2026, Hong Kong media outlet Hong Kong 01 reported that a Chinese research team, referencing the U.S. export control system, proposed its own draft export restriction list targeting 63 items of technology, such as rare earths and quantum communication.

The article introduced that in March this year, a paper was published in the Chinese academic journal "Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences" that included a comprehensive draft export control list spanning 63 scientific and technological fields, targeting the United States and its allies. It stated that the framework for selecting export-restricted technologies partly referenced the control mechanism that the U.S. has implemented for many years, which focuses on dual-use technologies and advanced fundamental technologies that will determine future industrial structures.

It then explained that in the draft list, 63 technologies with strategic sensitivity and global competitiveness were selected and classified into three tiers based on scores. It stated that the highest-scoring, first-tier export-restricted technologies include satellite quantum secure communication, electromagnetic catapults, solar cell-related technologies, general-purpose small artificial intelligence (AI) edge computers, rare earth recovery technology, and manufacturing technology for advanced high-strength steel for automobiles.

It also introduced that graphdiyne materials, space robots, Beidou-3 satellite inter-satellite link autonomous orbit determination technology, and free-space optical communication, among others, were selected as second and third-tier technologies.

Furthermore, it conveyed that the paper pointed out regarding China's current level of scientific and technological development that it is in a phase of transforming from "following" to "keeping pace" and then to "leading" overall, and expressed the view that fully utilizing technology export control measures has significant strategic importance in achieving scientific and technological self-reliance and maintaining national security.

The article introduced that the corresponding author (responsible author) of the paper is Fan Guobing (ファン・グオビン), an authority in the field of high-energy laser engineering and an academician (member of the academy) of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. It also mentioned that Peng Xianke (ポン・シエンコー), Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Innovation Strategy Research Institute and lead author, stated that this research is currently an exploratory academic achievement and not an export control policy decided by the authorities. (Edited and Translated by Kawajiri)