BIS Adds 7 to Entity List Connected to China's Aerospace Tech Sector
The Bureau of Industry and Security added seven Chinese entities to its Entity List for acquiring or attempting to acquire U.S. technology to support China’s “military modernization efforts.” All the entities -- which include six research institutes connected to China Electronics Technology Group, one of the country’s largest electronics companies -- will require a license for all items subject to the Export Administration Regulations. BIS will review license applications under a policy of presumption of denial. The additions took effect Aug. 24.
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BIS said the entities are involved in China’s space and aerospace technology sectors. Matthew Axelrod, BIS’s top enforcement official, said the agency is taking steps to maintain the U.S.’s position as the “global leader” in aerospace technologies. “U.S. technologies that support space and aerospace activities should not be used to support [China’s] military modernization. We are constantly monitoring these sectors for evidence of diversion,” BIS Undersecretary Alan Estevez said. “China’s military-civil fusion program requires BIS to be vigilant and act forcefully when necessary to protect our sensitive technologies.”
BIS said it now has added about 600 total Chinese entities to the Entity List, including more than 110 since the start of the Biden administration.
The agency also made two typographical corrections to two existing entries on the Entity List. The agency revised the entries for Beijing Tianhua and Tenfine Ltd. by correcting “Haidain” to “Haidian” in their addresses.
All exports that now require a license as a result of the Entity List changes that were aboard a carrier to a port as of Aug. 24 may proceed to their destinations under the previous eligibility, BIS said.
The seven new entities are:
- China Aerospace Science and Technology 9th Academy 771 Research Institute
- China Aerospace Science and Technology 9th Academy 772 Research Institute
- China Academy of Space Technology 502 Research Institute
- China Academy of Space Technology 513 Research Institute
- China Electronics Technology Group 43 Research Institute
- China Electronics Technology Group 58 Research Institute
- Zhuhai Orbita Control Systems.