USA: Department of Commerce adds 24 Chinese firms and institutions to entity list for risk of "supporting procurement of items for military end-use in China"
“Commerce Department to Add Two Dozen Chinese Companies with Ties to WMD and Military Activities to the Entity List”, 22 May 2020
The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced it will add 24 governmental and commercial organizations to the Entity List for engaging in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. The entities, based in China, Hong Kong, and the Cayman Islands, represent a significant risk of supporting procurement of items for military end-use in China…
This action will prohibit the export, re-export, or in-country transfer of items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to these entities without Department of Commerce authorization…
The 24 entities to be added to the Entity List are:
Beijing Cloudmind Technology Co., Ltd.
Beijing Computational Science Research Center
Beijing Jincheng Huanyu Electronics Co., Ltd.
Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research
Chengdu Fine Optical Engineering Research Center
China Jiuyuan Trading Corporation
Cloudminds (Hong Kong) Limited
Cloudminds Inc.
Harbin Chuangyue Technology Co., Ltd.
Harbin Engineering University
Harbin Institute of Technology
Harbin Yun Li Da Technology and Development Co., Ltd.
JCN (HK) Technology Co. Ltd.
K Logistics (China) Limited
Kunhai (Yanjiao) Innovation Research Institute
Peac Institute of Multiscale Science
Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd.
Qihoo 360 Technology Company
Shanghai Nova Instruments Co., Ltd.
Sichuan Dingcheng Material Trade Co., Ltd.
Sichuan Haitian New Technology Group Co. Ltd.
Sichuan Zhonghe Import and Export Trade Co., Ltd.
Skyeye Laser Technology Limited
Zhu Jiejin