Beijing to impose exit bans for export control, tech transfer breaches

Under new regulations, the Chinese government will soon be able to ban citizens from leaving the country if they violate export controls or rules on technology transfers. The measures were announced by the State Council, China’s cabinet, on Friday and are set to take effect on September 15. The Ministry of Commerce and

3 min readJul 29, 2026 02:53 PM IST Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (AP)The tech war between the United States and China has spread beyond Artificial Intelligence. The latest point of contest is humanoid robots from China, which have attracted