Ministry of Commerce: Removal of temporary controls on certain consumer drones

On July 31st, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce responded to a reporter's question on optimizing and adjusting drone export control measures. With approval, on July 31st, the Ministry of Commerce of China, together with relevant departments, issued a notice on optimizing and adjusting drone export control measures, adjusting the control standards for some important components of drones such as infrared imaging equipment and lasers used for target indication, adding high-precision inertial measurement equipment to the scope of control, canceling the temporary control on specific consumer-grade drones, and prohibiting all uncontrolled civilian drone exports for weapons of mass destruction proliferation, terrorist activities or military purposes. The above policy will be officially implemented on September 1st.