He pointed to the newly added Article 21 on "personalized information push service technology based on data analysis" and Article 18 on "AI interactive interface technology", which both have a close bearing on ByteDance.

"If ByteDance plans to export related technologies, it should go through the approval procedures," Cui said.

"The company's rapid development in international business banks on its strong domestic technical support, and it continues to provide overseas companies with its latest core algorithm service. It is a typical technical service export."

Shen from Fudan University urged ByteDance to deal with its prospective sales in a smart manner.

"The rules would in effect protect the very core asset of ByteDance－algorithms and the source codes－should a sale occur," Shen said.

ByteDance is facing pressure from the White House to quickly sell the popular short-video app's US operations or face an effective ban. The company filed a lawsuit last week against the US federal government over the Trump administrations' efforts to block TikTok.