ISSUE #05 January 9, 2020

THE CHINESE TALENT PROGRAM

ISSUE The Senate Investigative Report: Threats to the U.S. Research Enterprise: China’s Talent Feds Step Up Probe On China's Recruitment Plans: 'Thousand Talents Plan' After https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2019-11- 18%20PSI%20Staff%20Report%20- Convictions %20China's%20Talent%20Recruitment%20Plans.pdf “Feng “Franklin” Tao collected tens of thousands of dollars a year from U.S. taxpayers for his research into sustainable technology for the University of Kansas. The problem, TALENT PROGRAM FACTS prosecutors say, is that the chemistry professor was already working for a Chinese university — an affiliation he  There are over 200 Chinese talent recruitment plans. hid from his American employers”… Including: o https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/25/china The Thousand Talents Program, and o -thousand-talents-plan-funnels-us-intellectua/ The Changjiang Scholars Program

 NIH has contacted 70 U.S. institutions regarding more Chinese Recruitment Programs Steal than 130 individuals regarding NIH funding while being U.S. Research part of a Chinese talent program.

“A Senate investigative report revealed that Chinese  Over 25% of NSF-IG investigations involve foreign recruitment programs are stealing U.S. research and that talent recruitment programs. federal agencies have haltingly responded to these threats. China has strategically acquired intellectual  An SIU professor was nominated for a Chinese talent property from U.S. researchers funded by U.S. taxpayers program in October of 2019…it was declined. through talent recruitment programs”… https://nondoc.com/2019/11/27/chinese-recruitment-  Russia has recently begun to create their own talent programs-steal-u-s-research/ programs.

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ISSUE #05 January 9, 2020

 Beihang University  Northwest Polytechnical University  Beijing Institute of Technology  Harbin Institute of Technology  Harbin Institute Engineering University  Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics  Nanjing University of Science & Technology If you are involved with any of the above entities in your research, please call the DIRECTOR OF Chinese Entities Involved in Talent EXPORT CONTROLS AT 618-650-2476. Programs ______ CPC Central Committee Organization “THE DAILY BUGLE” QUOTES Department Chinese Academy of Sciences (“CAS”) Chinese Proverbs:  Chinese Academy of Engineering (“CAE”) “Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.”  National Natural Science Foundation “A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of (“NSFC”) wood.”  China Association for Science and Technology (“CAST”) "Behind an able man, there are always other able men."  Ministry of Education (“MOE”) "Age and time do not wait for people."  Ministry of Science and Technology (“MOST”) REGULATIONS  Foreign Experts Bureau66  DOC EXPORT ADMINISTRATION  Ministry of Industry and Information REGULATIONS (EAR) Technology (“MIIT”)  DOS INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS  National Development and Reform REGULATIONS (ITAR) Commission Ministry of Human Resources  DOT FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL and Social Security (“MHRSS”) REGULATIONS (OFAC FACR)  State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (“SASAC”)  People’s Bank of China  Ministry of Finance  United Work Front Department  Communist Youth League of China (“CYLC”)

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