U.S. Sanctions Chinese Companies, Labs Over Military Connections

The United States sanctioned 11 Chinese entities over their involvement with the Chinese military.

According to the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the entities “have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security and/or foreign policy interests of the United States.”

Companies Chengdu RML Technology Co., Ltd.; Chengdu Yaguang Electronics Co., Ltd.; Hefei Starwave Communication Technology Co., Ltd.; Yaguang Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Nanjing Simite Optical Instruments Co., Ltd.; Suzhou Ultranano Precision Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; and Wuhu Kewei Zhaofu Electronics Co., Ltd. were added, as well as the Chinese Academy of Sciences Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics, and Physics; Ji Hua Laboratory; Peng Cheng Laboratory; and the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics.

The BIS stated that Chengdu RML Technology Co., Ltd provided the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) with “precision-guided missiles and satellite communication systems.” The company and its parent, Yaguan Technology Group Co., LTD., provided the PLA with “dual-use electronic components.”

Hefei Starwave Communication Technology Co., Ltd. was added to the Entity List for supplying “radio frequency/microwave products explicitly for military equipment application to the PLA.”

The groups were added to the Entity List for “acquiring and attempting to acquire U.S.-origin items in support of China’s military modernization,” the BIS said. “In addition, these entities have demonstrable ties to activities of concern, including hypersonic weapons development, design and modeling of vehicles in hypersonic flight, using proprietary software to model weapons design and damage; and otherwise supporting China’s military-civil fusion efforts.”

A Burmese entity, Telecom International Myanmar Company Limited, and a Pakistani entity, Emerging Future Solutions Private Limited, were also sanctioned.

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