Scenario Playbooks
Not a list of laws — the sequence of things your business must actually do
Each playbook breaks one concrete go-global scenario into stages, obligations, deliverables and evidence — every obligation links back to the primary text. 10 playbooks referencing 239 obligations from the Policy & Standards Library and 23 deliverable templates.
Content as of 2026-09-12 · corpus 2026.09|Compiled from public official sources with links and review dates for compliance decision support. Rules change; have licensed professionals review before external disclosure, regulatory filing or contractual commitments.
Taking an LLM API / generative AI service to EU enterprise customers
A China-based team offers its own or fine-tuned large models as an API, SDK or SaaS to enterprise customers established in the EU, who embed it into their own products or internal processes.
- Stages
- 6
- Obligations
- 23
- Est. duration
- 20–34 wks
Exporting embodied AI and robotics to the EU: Machinery Regulation, embedded high-risk AI and the CE route
A China-based manufacturer ships robots, robotic arms, mobile work platforms or humanoid robots with machine-learning capability into the EU. The product falls under the Machinery Regulation, while the AI safety components inside it may fall on the AI Act Annex I embedded high-risk route.
- Stages
- 6
- Obligations
- 37
- Est. duration
- 30–51 wks
Bringing AI SaaS to US enterprise buyers: SOC 2, state privacy and AI laws, and the DOJ bulk-data rule
A China-based team sells an AI application as SaaS to US enterprise buyers (collaboration, support, coding, risk, hiring and similar), who run it inside their workflows and pass employee or end-consumer data through the service.
- Stages
- 6
- Obligations
- 29
- Est. duration
- 26–46 wks
AI hardware and compute going global: two-way export controls, end users and model-weight transfers
A China-based company sells AI accelerators, servers, edge inference modules or compute services abroad, or builds/rents compute offshore and moves model weights, technical data and toolchains between China and other jurisdictions.
- Stages
- 6
- Obligations
- 32
- Est. duration
- 24–42 wks
Computer vision and smart-city solutions entering the Gulf (UAE / Saudi Arabia)
A China-based company sells video analytics, people- and vehicle-flow recognition, campus or city-scale security, or visual inspection solutions to Gulf government bodies, state-owned entities or large developers — typically with local deployment, a local joint venture and long-term operations.
- Stages
- 5
- Obligations
- 26
- Est. duration
- 22–38 wks
Taking an AI application into Southeast Asia: Singapore as the hub, Indonesia and Viet Nam as the landing markets
A China-based team pushes an AI application (assistants, recommendation and decision systems, visual recognition, vertical SaaS) into Southeast Asia — typically establishing a regional headquarters and data centre in Singapore first, then expanding into Indonesia and Viet Nam.
- Stages
- 5
- Obligations
- 23
- Est. duration
- 20–33 wks
Entering Japan and Korea: APPI, PIPA and Korea’s AI Framework Act
A China-based AI company serves Japanese and Korean business or consumer customers through an offshore entity or a local subsidiary, processes local residents’ personal information, and may be treated as an AI business operator supplying services in those markets.
- Stages
- 5
- Obligations
- 27
- Est. duration
- 20–33 wks
Pre-IPO ESG and sustainability disclosure readiness for HKEX (AI issuer perspective)
A China-based AI or embodied-AI company preparing to list on HKEX needs, between filing and its first post-listing annual report, to bring the ESG and climate disclosure data chain, governance structure and external assurance to a publishable, diligence-ready state.
- Stages
- 6
- Obligations
- 8
- Est. duration
- 26–39 wks
EU enterprise due diligence and tenders: a 48-hour response mechanism
An EU enterprise buyer or public contracting authority sends a security-and-privacy questionnaire, an AI governance questionnaire, or a tender compliance section with a response window of only a few days. This playbook provides a mechanism — build the standing assets first, then respond by the hour — rather than scrambling to write materials on demand.
- Stages
- 5
- Obligations
- 18
- Est. duration
- 7–11 wks
China-side readiness before going global: algorithm and LLM filings, content labelling and the outbound data route
Before opening overseas markets in earnest, a China-based AI company must first settle its domestic filings, content labelling and outbound data route — a precondition for lawful operation onshore and material that overseas customers, investors and listing reviewers check item by item.
- Stages
- 6
- Obligations
- 41
- Est. duration
- 26–46 wks