Regulators led by the China's Ministry of Commerce (MofCom) have been consulting leading domestic AI and chipmaking groups on how to prevent China's advanced technologies and star start-ups from being acquired by the west, the report said, citing two people involved in the discussions.

Regulators led by the China's Ministry of Commerce (MofCom) have been consulting leading domestic AI and chipmaking groups on how to prevent China's advanced technologies…

China is said to be weighing export curbs on its AI models and the chips that run them, the FT reports, though nothing is decided.