One Republican and another Democratic congressman asked President Joe Biden’s administration to add it Seven Chinese biotech companies In a list created by the Department of Defense to publish the companies it claims They allegedly cooperate with the Beijing army.
In a letter dated March 29, the Republican Michael Gallagher and democracy King Krishnamurthy They asked the Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austinto take action, as Beijing can harness the power of biotechnology to bolster its military.
“Urgent Action Needed”The chairman and ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party’s Select Committee – the lawmakers – said the risks China could face “Create Artificial Pathogens” To receive military benefits.
In their letter to Austin, the lawmakers added that “(the People’s Republic of China’s) 14th Five-Year Plan identifies the dominance of biotechnology as important to ‘strengthening (China’s) scientific and technological strength’ and calls for deepening scientific cooperation.” Civil technology in the field. “Urgent action is needed to identify the (Chinese) biotech entities at the forefront of this work“
The letter is the latest sign of growing concern in Washington about the Chinese biotech sector. Congress is considering legislation to bar federal agencies from contracting with Chinese companies BGI Group and WuXi AppTec, as part of an effort to prevent China from accessing Americans’ genetic data and personal health information.
In late February, US intelligence services informed senators working on the bill that Chinese pharmaceutical company WuXi AppTec ( 603259.SS ) had transferred US intellectual property to Beijing without their consent, Reuters reported.
Inclusion on the Pentagon’s list of Chinese companies with military support does not mean an immediate ban. However, it could be a serious blow to the companies’ reputation and represents a warning to US companies considering doing business with them. It can also pressure the Treasury Department to approve them.
In their letter, Gallagher and Krishnamurthy called for the addition of Enomics and Stomics, which they claim are subsidiaries of the BGI Group, to the list in 2022.
Lawmakers have put together a list of companies “deserving consideration for inclusion on the 1260H list”:
(With information from Reuters)
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