DOD Releases List of Chinese Military Companies in Accordance With Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

The Department of Defense released the names of "Chinese military companies" operating directly or indirectly in the United States in accordance with the statutory requirement of Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. The Department is determined to highlight and counter the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) Military-Civil Fusion development strategy, which supports the modernization goals of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) by ensuring its access to advanced technologies and expertise acquired and developed by even those PRC companies, universities, and research programs that appear to be civilian entities. Section 1260H directs the Department to begin identifying, among other things, Military-Civil Fusion contributors operating directly or indirectly in the United States. The Department will continue to update the list with additional entities as appropriate. Entities Identified as Chinese Military Companies Operating in the United States in Accordance with Section 1260H of the William M. ("Mac") Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (PUBLIC LAW 116-283) Aerospace CH UAV Co., Ltd Aerosun Corporation Aviation Industry Corporation ofChina, Ltd. (AVIC) A VIC Aviation High-Technology Company Limited A VIC Heavy Machinery Company Limited A VIC Jonhon Optronic Technology Co., Ltd. A VIC Shenyang Aircraft Company Limited A VIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group Company Ltd. China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited (CASIC) China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) China Communications Construction Group (Limited) (CCCG) China Electronics Corporation (CEC) China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) China Marine Information Electronics Company Limited China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. China Mobile Limited China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (Norinco Group) China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC) China South Industries Group Corporation (CSGC) China SpaceSat Co., Ltd. China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC) China Telecom Corporation Limited China Telecommunications Corporation China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd. (China Unicom) CNOOC Limited Costar Group Co., Ltd. Fujian Torch Electron Technology Co., Ltd. Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (Hikvision) Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Inner Mongolia First Machinery Group Co., Ltd. Inspur Group Co., Ltd. Jiangxi Hongdu Aviation Industry Co., Ltd. Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shenzhen) Corporation Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Tianjin) Corporation Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) Semiconductor Manufacturing South China Corporation SMIC Holdings Limited SMIC Hong Kong International Company Limited SMIC Northern Integrated Circuit Manufacturing (Beijing) Co., Ltd SMIC Semiconductor Manufacturing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd Zhonghang Electronic Measuring Instruments Company Limited