China's New Export Control Law

The Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress promulgated the Export Control Law of the People's Republic of China (ECL or the Law) on October 17, 2020.¹ The Law will enter into effect on December 1, 2020. 

The Law formalizes China's export control regime which also includes the recently updated Catalogue of Technologies Prohibited or Restricted from Export that restricts or bans the export of certain cutting-edge technologies on the grounds of national security, public interest or environmental protection, such as AI technologies.² China has also issued the Provisions on the Unreliable Entities List (the Entities List Provisions) targeting parties that harm the national sovereignty or national security of China, and/or suspend transactions with or discriminate against Chinese entities.³ Both the ECL and the Entities List Provisions, with their extraterritorial reach, provide China with more explicit and powerful tools to retaliate against