BIS Adds Seven Chinese Supercomputing Entities to Entity List

The Bureau of Industry and Security added seven Chinese “supercomputing” entities to the Entity List for procuring U.S.-origin items in a way that harms U.S. national security and supports China’s military, BIS said in a final rule that takes effect today. The rule imposes a license requirement for all items subject to the Export Administration Regulations, and BIS will impose a license review policy of presumption of denial. No license exceptions will be available.

The seven entities are:

• National Supercomputing Center Jinan
• National Supercomputing Center Shenzhen
• National Supercomputing Center Wuxi
• National Supercomputer Center Zhengzhou
• Shanghai High-Performance Integrated Circuit Design Center
• Sunway Microelectronics
• Tianjin Phytium Information Technology.