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Evaluating Global Exposure to China’s Defense-Industrial Base

C4ADS 2019年9月26日

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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has placed great emphasis on transforming the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) into a next-generation warfighting force. To build the modern defense- industrial base needed for this task, the CCP is stepping up its strategy of Military-Civil Fusion (MCF). MCF is ushering Chinese companies into the defense economy even as Beijing’s policies encourage companies to innovate by acquiring and adapting foreign technology. The confluence of MCF with this approach obscures the distinction between civilian and military uses. Given China’s extensive business and academic presence abroad, there is a clear risk that foreign strategic technologies and expertise could inadvertently contribute to China’s growing military capabilities. However, for MCF to succeed, the PLA and China’s defense apparatus must radically alter their opaque postures to operate in a market environment, creating visible indicators of participation in the defense economy that can be evaluated using publicly available information (PAI).

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This report identifies 14 public indicators that regulators, investigators, and due diligence officers can use to evaluate counterparty risk. To do so, the report analyzes China’s defense ecosystem and the activities and characteristics of Chinese companies participating in military supply chains

据官员的说法和一份新报告，北京方面正越来越多地利用民营企业为中国军队购买外国技术。这种策略促使美国领导人呼吁调整美国国家安全政策。

中国国家主席习近平正敦促这些公司参与国防合同竞标，这是旨在升级军工行业的“军民融合”发展战略的组成部分。该行业长期由几个效率低下的国有承包商和研究机构主导。

军民融合发展战略在非盈利组织C4ADS的一份新报告中被重点提及，这让美国官员感到警惕。中国政府致力于建设有能力在亚洲乃至亚洲之外挑战美国的世界一流军队，美国官员担心军民融合是该项行动的一个核心纲领。C4ADS对安全问题进行数据分析，并以详细描述朝鲜如何逃避制裁的报告而知名。

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