{"slug": "china-expands-overseas-travel-curbs-for-top-ai-talent-to-include-their-families", "title": "China expands overseas travel curbs for top AI talent to include their families", "summary": "China has expanded overseas travel restrictions on top artificial intelligence talent at private firms to include their spouses and children, requiring Beijing's approval for even short trips abroad, according to Bloomberg. The move follows a regulation on exit and entry administration effective September 15 that imposes exit restrictions on individuals suspected of threatening state industrial and technological security, and comes after Meta's US$2 billion (HK$15.6 billion) acquisition of Chinese AI startup Manus heightened officials' fears of losing key technology and talent. China plans to add more individuals to the list over time.", "body_md": "Read More\n\nChina has broadened overseas travel curbs on top artificial intelligence talent at private firms to cover their family members, further tightening measures designed to prevent critical technologies and information from leaking to the US, according to Bloomberg.\n\nADVERTISEMENT\n\nSCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT\n\nThe government has recently started to notify affected people about the wider restrictions, including startup founders and executives of strategically important firms in the AI sector, the report said.\n\nDirect relatives such as spouses and children of certain AI and chip company chiefs whose work is considered vital to state security now require Beijing's approval to travel overseas even for short trips.\n\nThis came after China released a regulation on exit and entry administration - effective September 15 - under which individuals suspected of posing a threat to state industrial and technological security will face exit restrictions.\n\nChina plans to add more relevant individuals to the list over time, and the government has already told several people that their families' overseas travel needs to be cleared.\n\nMeta's US$2 billion (HK$15.6 billion) acquisition of Chinese AI startup Manus has heightened Chinese officials' fears of losing key technology and talent.\n\nWhile Beijing ultimately forced the US company to scrap the deal, it has since tightened curbs on US investment in sensitive tech firms.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-expands-overseas-travel-curbs-for-top-ai-talent-to-include-their-families", "canonical_source": "https://www.thestandard.com.hk/innovation/article/344062/China-expands-overseas-travel-curbs-for-top-AI-talent-to-include-their-families-Bloomberg", "published_at": "2026-09-28 13:09:56+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-28 13:17:28.637575+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["China", "Bloomberg", "Meta", "Manus"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-expands-overseas-travel-curbs-for-top-ai-talent-to-include-their-families", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-expands-overseas-travel-curbs-for-top-ai-talent-to-include-their-families.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-expands-overseas-travel-curbs-for-top-ai-talent-to-include-their-families.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-expands-overseas-travel-curbs-for-top-ai-talent-to-include-their-families.jsonld"}}