
The China Threat
The counterintelligence and economic espionage efforts emanating from the government of China and the Chinese Communist Party are a grave threat to the economic well-being and democratic values of the United States.
Confronting this threat is the FBI’s top counterintelligence priority.
To be clear, the adversary is not the Chinese people or people of Chinese descent or heritage. The threat comes from the programs and policies pursued by an authoritarian government.
The Chinese government is employing tactics that seek to influence lawmakers and public opinion to achieve policies that are more favorable to China.
At the same time, the Chinese government is seeking to become the world’s greatest superpower through predatory lending and business practices, systematic theft of intellectual property, and brazen cyber intrusions.
China’s efforts target businesses, academic institutions, researchers, lawmakers, and the general public and will require a whole-of-society response. The government and the private sector must commit to working together to better understand and counter the threat.
Protecting the Cornerstones of our Society
The Chinese government is exploiting our country’s free and open society to develop and maintain a strategic edge.
Transnational Repression
Some countries’ governments harass and intimidate their own citizens living in the U.S. This can violate U.S. law and individual rights and freedoms.
Chinese Talent Plans
Learn more about Chinese talent plans, how they work, and risks to U.S. businesses, universities, and laboratories—as well as to talent plan participants.
Clearance Holders Targeted on Social Media
Learn more about the threat to people with security clearances through a film inspired by actual events.
“The greatest long-term threat to our nation’s information and intellectual property, and to our economic vitality, is the counterintelligence and economic espionage threat from China.”
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04.16.2025
In federal court in Brooklyn, Michael McMahon, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for acting as an illegal agent of the government of the PRC.
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03.21.2025
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Four Chinese Nationals for Possessing Counterfeit Access Devices
A federal grand jury returned two indictments charging a total of four Chinese nationals with possessing more than 15 counterfeit and unauthorized access devices.
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03.07.2025
Jian Zhao and Li Tian, active-duty U.S. Army soldiers, were charged with conspiring to commit bribery and theft of government property. Ruoyu Duan, a former U.S. Army soldier, was charged with conspiring to obtain and transmit national defense information to an individual not authorized to receive it and for bribery and theft of government property.
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03.04.2025
Officials announced the unsealing of a two-count criminal Indictment charging 10 defendants with a years-long hacking scheme committed through the Chinese company i-Soon.
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02.27.2025
Liming Li of Rancho Cucamonga pleaded guilty to illegally possessing sensitive technologies to market his own competing company to a China-based company.
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WANG QIANG
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DONG TING
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BI HONGWEI
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WANG LIN
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YUAN WEIDONG
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TIAN PENG
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MING CHUNDE
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CHEN CHENGHUA
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HOU XUEXIN
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ZHENG WANG
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GUOCHUN HE
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FU QIANG
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JIANG LIZHI
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QIAN CHUAN
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TAN DAILIN
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ZHANG HAORAN
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APT 41 GROUP
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YANQING YE
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BOYUSEC HACKERS
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CHINESE PLA MEMBERS, 54th RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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FUJIE WANG
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APT 10 GROUP
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ZHANG SHILONG
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ZHU HUA
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GANG LIU
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GU CHUNHUI
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WANG DONG
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WEN XINYU
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HUANG ZHENYU
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SUN KAILIANG
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LI FANGWEI
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Ye, Jian
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Wang, Lei
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Wang, Hongwei
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Lin, Yong
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Li, Shaoming
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