McKinsey Bars China Practice From Generative AI Work: FT

July 23, 2025, 4:09 AM UTC

McKinsey has stopped its China business from undertaking consultancy work related to generative artificial intelligence, Financial Times reports, citing two unidentified people with knowledge of the matter.

  • Instructed its mainland Chinese operation to refrain from projects deploying generative AI in recent months
  • Move was prompted by Washington’s growing scrutiny of US companies operating in sensitive sectors such as AI and quantum computing in China, one person says
  • McKinsey says co. further strengthened client service policies in China last year: FT
    • Follow the most rigorous client selection policy, firm says

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