The U.S. Must Take Action on China's National Securityated Life Sciences Programs

The People's Republic of China (PRC) has one of the world's most advanced life sciences R&D enterprises. Beijing is clearly driven to become the world's biotechnology leader for a variety of reasons, including national security purposes. Beijing's national "military-civi...

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Published in:Policy File 2022
Main Authors: Brookes, Peter, Carmack, Dustin
Format: Report
Language:English
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Summary:The People's Republic of China (PRC) has one of the world's most advanced life sciences R&D enterprises. Beijing is clearly driven to become the world's biotechnology leader for a variety of reasons, including national security purposes. Beijing's national "military-civilian fusion" policy means that work in the life sciences for peaceful civilian ends could support belligerent military, intelligence, and other national security applications and policies. The PRC's dual-use ambitions in the life sciences will have consequences for U.S. national interests. Considering the PRC's prodigious geopolitical aspirations, unprecedented military build-up, and revisionist vision of global politics, Beijing's potential use of the life sciences, especially biotechnology, requires significant action from U.S. policymakers.