中国正把海外旅行限制扩大到私营企业的顶尖 AI 人才，包括 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. 和 DeepSeek 的员工。知情人士说，政府部门已开始要求被视为对国家具有战略重要性的先进 AI 从业者，在出境前先获得相关部门批准；被通知受影响的人包括创办人、研究员与高管。

这种做法显示北京把 AI 顶尖工程师视为战略资产，尤其是许多一流人才来自 ChatGPT 之后的时期，主要集中在科技巨头与私人初创公司。不同于以往主要针对国企高层、学者或核科学家的做法，这次还会依据个人对国家的关键性来判定，而不只是职级或任职单位。

此举也带来人才流失与监管升级的风险，可能削弱中国 AI 公司招募和留住人才的能力，并加深外界对政府介入科技业的疑虑。此前，因 Manus 案引发对技术外流的担忧，北京已限制美国对敏感科技公司的投资；金融时报称，两名 Manus 共同创办人曾被禁止离境。

China is extending overseas-travel curbs to top AI talent at private firms, including employees at Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and DeepSeek. People familiar with the matter said government agencies have started requiring approval before travel abroad for advanced AI workers deemed strategically important, with those affected including founders, researchers, and executives.

The move shows Beijing treating elite AI engineers as strategic assets. Much of China’s best AI talent emerged after ChatGPT, mainly at tech giants and private startups. Unlike older passport controls aimed mostly at state-company executives, college researchers, or nuclear scientists, the new approach can depend on a person’s critical importance to the country, not just seniority or employer.

The policy could make it harder for Chinese AI firms to recruit and retain talent and may deepen concerns about state intervention in the sector. It follows broader worries about technology leakage after the Manus case, when Beijing moved to curb US investment in sensitive tech firms; the Financial Times reported that two Manus co-founders were barred from leaving China while the acquisition was investigated.