August 23rd, the U.S. Commerce Department issued a final rule adding 7 Chinese space, aerospace, and related technology entities to the Entity List and severely restricting their access to commodities, software, and technologies subject to the Export Administration Regulations.
According to a notification posted to the Federal Register, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. 9th Academy 771 Research Institute and , China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. 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 Corp. 43 Research Institute, China Electronics Technology Group Corp. 58 Research Institute and Zhuhai Orbita Control Systems were added to the entity list, indicating that suppliers of U.S. materials or services to these entities will need a license before shipping any goods.
U.S. Commerce Department said the entities were added for “acquiring and attempting to acquire US origin items in support of China’s military modernization efforts.”
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