China's AI Safety Funding Is Constrained by Philanthropy Rules

Independent Chinese AI safety work has very little funding, and the Charity Law and Overseas NGO Law limit both domestic and foreign money flowing to nonprofits.

Chinese charitable giving was about $21 billion in 2023 versus $557 billion in the US, with companies supplying 77 percent and most AI safety work sitting in state-backed institutions and universities.

The author suggests options such as overseas compute, exchange programs, investment in safety companies, and a domestic regranting fund.