BGI Group

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   BGI Group (CN)

   Starting organisation.

Section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 provides that the Secretary of Defense publish a list of “Chinese military companies” annually until 31 December 2030, adding or removing names at least once a year, and publish the list’s unclassified portion in the Federal Register. How a listed name is matched to this record.

• BGI Group
  Designated a “Chinese military company” by the US Department of Defense under Section 1260H.
  The notice states: “BGI Group is directly with the PLA and indirectly affiliated with MIIT and the PLA (Section 1260H(g)(2)(B)(i)(I)). BGI Group is a military-civil fusion contributor to the Chinese defense industrial base because it knowingly received assistance from the Government of China through science, technology, research, and industrial efforts initiated, granted, or created by, or provided under, or related to the Chinese military planning apparatus, or in furtherance of Chinese military industrial planning objectives and because it is affiliated with MIIT and the PLA (Sections 1260H(g)(3)(A), (g)(3)(B)(i), and (g)(3)(B)(v)).”
  Federal Register: 91 FR 35189, 10 June 2026 · matched to this record on “BGI Group” · tier 1

Also named on the list published in the Federal Register on 7 January 2025.