“Unauthorized acquisition of US technology” Beware of China's “Thousand People Plan” US Congress November 20, 7:11
The Senate of the American Parliament issued a report stating that the Chinese government has unfairly acquired American technology through a project that invited foreign talented researchers from within the country, and called on the government to increase vigilance.
The US Senate research team released a report on the Chinese government's project “Thousand People Plan” that invited researchers with advanced expertise from abroad by the 19th.
The report aims to make the “Thousands of People Plan” the latest overseas technology and use it in China's military and economy, so far more than 7,000 people have been recruited, and US government agencies and universities are the main targets It points out that it is.
In addition, as a specific example, 10 cases where researchers from the US Department of Energy and researchers from the NIH = National Institutes of Health were participating in the “Thousands of People Plan” were shown. Of research data was illegally taken to China.
He also points out that the government's response to prevent technology transfer is too slow and calls for greater vigilance.
In a parliamentary Senate hearing at the release of the report, FBI officials stressed that it was not illegal for American researchers to join the "Thousands Plan" He explained that he was strengthening the investigation as he could be exposed to laws such as stolen trade secrets.