China adds AI chips to secure technology assessment list amid US curbs

For the first time, China has included Artificial Intelligence chips in its official “secure and reliable” technology assessments, expanding the scope of a state-backed drive to adopt domestic alternatives to Western products.The China-information-technology-security-evaluation-centre" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="134956" data-entity-type="organization">China Information Technology Security Evaluation Centre and the National Secrecy Science and Technology Evaluation Centre released the latest batch of assessments on Tuesday evening, creating a new category for “AI training and inference chips”. The certifications were valid for three years, according to the announcement.As the country’s official assessment bodies for information security and secrecy-related technologies, their approvals are widely viewed as the definitive procurement catalogue for party and government agencies, central state-owned enterprises and other state-linked customers under the Xinchuang initiative.