{"id":779171,"date":"2026-02-21T10:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/779171\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T10:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:35:15","slug":"eu-bans-chinese-bodies-from-critical-tech-programmes-including-ai-and-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/779171\/","title":{"rendered":"EU bans Chinese bodies from critical tech programmes, including AI and chips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Researchers in China have been excluded from the European Union\u2019s most advanced collaborative technology programmes.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">However, specialists in the sectors affected say the impact of the ban may be limited because some areas of collaboration are already at a historic low.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The EU has barred organisations based in China from applying for its \u20ac93 billion (US$110 billion) Horizon Europe grants in \u201ccritical areas\u201d, citing concerns over research security and potential military use. Effective this year, the ban covers areas including artificial intelligence (AI), quantum technologies, semiconductors and biotechnology.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Researchers outside China applying in those fields must also prove that partner institutions are not directly owned or controlled by Chinese organisations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1o401188 css-1w1l3op e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771670115_592_maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewDuration\" class=\"css-1vqvq42 e1o401181\">06:24<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewTitle\" class=\"css-zasw6y e1o401182\">Munich 2026: Washington warns of \u2018civilisational erasure\u2019 as Beijing pitches \u2018stability\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Munich 2026: Washington warns of \u2018civilisational erasure\u2019 as Beijing pitches \u2018stability\u2019<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The new rules, released in December, devoted five pages specifically to restrictions on China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Researchers in China have been excluded from the European Union\u2019s most advanced collaborative technology programmes. However, specialists in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5174],"tags":[323,12848,227271,1395,227273,227275,5883,2000,299,5187,14006,227272,729,21563,227276,227274,227277],"class_list":["post-779171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eu","tag-ai","tag-biotechnology","tag-cao-cong","tag-china","tag-chinese-society-of-space-research","tag-double-star","tag-duke-university","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european","tag-horizon-europe","tag-joy-zhang","tag-nature","tag-ningbo","tag-quincy-institute","tag-smile-satellite","tag-wu-ji"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116108179887264292","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}