Europe Readiness
A transparent check, not a seal: how far a Chinese AI company has come in Europe, and what it would still need under Europe’s rules. Applied the same way to every company, wherever the reader sits.
Europe status
One scale for every company: how far is it in Europe?
We rate only confirmed facts with a source — announcements that have not materialised do not count. The scale is the same across all fields.
Inside China AI · Method on the Europe Readiness page.
Six criteria
Each criterion has a source and a date on the company page. We publish the method so it can be criticised.
| Criterion | What we look at | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Footprint | Office, operations, customers, production in Europe — each with a public source and date | Europe status 0–5 |
| Licence | Open-weight licence terms: commercial use, redistribution, user caps, field restrictions | Open / restricted / API only |
| AI Act | Model card, training-data summary, copyright policy, systemic-risk status for general-purpose models | Documented / partial / none |
| Data | Where data is processed; EU hosting options; stated GDPR position | EU option / unclear / China only |
| Sanctions | EU consolidated list and US Entity List, checked by name and known affiliates | None found / listed / affiliate listed |
| Transparency | Does the company answer questions, correct errors, publish numbers it can back up? | Responsive / partial / silent |
What it is not
It is not a certification and not legal advice. It is reporting, structured. No company pays for a check, and no company can improve its score except by doing something in Europe that we can verify.
Companies are welcome to send documents — a model card, a hosting contract, a licence clarification. If a document checks out, the page changes and says when it changed.
Why Europe’s rules, for the world
Readers come from Singapore, the Gulf, the Americas. What they share is not a location but a benchmark: the AI Act, the GDPR and the EU’s sanctions regime are the strictest widely recognised set of rules. A company that clears them clears most other markets too.
Changes land in the Weekly first.
Every Sunday: the moves that change a company’s readiness.