PRC Laws, Policies, and Regulations: Implications for Commercial, Economic, and National Security Interests

PRC laws, policies, and regulations could:

• Provide incentives for PRC actors to acquire specific technologies from abroad
• Allow PRC firms to evade measures by foreign countries to protect technologies
• Provide a legal foundation for the PRC government to access sensitive corporate data from foreign-owned firms
• Enable interruption of foreign countries’ defense industrial base or supply chains
• Provide the PRC with tools to retaliate against foreign firms that comply with sanctions
• Provide a legal foundation to detain non-PRC citizens living in China, Hong Kong, and Macau