Anthropic updates regional policy: individuals in China and those with Chinese state-owned holdings are not allowed to use Claude

AI company Anthropic has updated its "Supported Regions Policy" on its official website, with the new version taking effect on November 12. The policy applies to applications, APIs, and developer platforms such as Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cowork, as well as Claude models provided through cloud platforms and authorized distributors.

The new policy clarifies that the following situations are considered as usage in unsupported regions: individuals located in unsupported regions, including users and employees of supported entities; entities registered or headquartered in unsupported regions and their users or employees, regardless of where these individuals are located; entities that are directly or indirectly majority-owned or controlled by individuals or entities from unsupported regions and their users or employees, again regardless of where they are located.

According to the official website list, mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Russia are not included in the list of supported regions.