China’s Answer to AI Safety: More Controls, Not Slower Development

China is developing a mandatory national safety standard for AI agents, focusing on technical controls rather than slowing AI development. The US, by contrast, is discussing limiting the pace of frontier model development; OpenAI called for mandatory safety requirements in September.

• China prepares world's first mandatory safety standard for AI agents
• Standard will cover design, development, deployment, and operation of agents
• OpenAI called for mandatory US safety requirements on September 9
• In July, China considered restricting access to the most powerful models