Department of State previously warned about the CCP’s strategy of Military-Civil Fusion, which eliminates “barriers between China’s civilian research and commercial sectors, and its military and defence industrial sectors.

(Adek Berry/AFP via Getty Images) Production of these videos reflects military-civil fusion, with state studios working alongside PLA units to ensure technical accuracy while maximizing emotional impact.

Although much of the DNA data gathering is done by private companies, they're still tools of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) through its "military-civil fusion" policy.

Seventh, build up our military infrastructure with private-sector partnerships to meet the challenges posed by the CCP’s military-civil fusion.

its military efforts—known as military-civil fusion.

The intelligence community clearly knew that this lab was a Chinese military lab. Now, why am I saying that? Because in China there's a military-civil fusion doctrine.

State Department warns on its website how China uses “licit and illicit means” via its “military-civil” fusion strategy to acquire the world’s cutting-edge technologies in order to “achieve military dominance.”

SJ Semiconductor is tied to China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, which, along with its related entities, was sanctioned in 2020 for adhering to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) "military-civil fusion doctrine."

Thus, while the United States engages in kinetic operations and strategic positioning in and around Iran, Chinese companies—many operating under Beijing’s military-civil fusion doctrine—are quietly turning the region into a real-time laboratory for AI-driven

Tracks Iran Using Smartphones, Cameras Civil-Military Fusion Takes Data Tracking to New Level China, Russia May Use Ads to Collect Your Data

fusion strategy.”

'Military-Civil Fusion' To that end, the select committee’s letter directly calls out Beijing’s "military-civil fusion" (MCF) strategy and the companies’ apparent role in assisting it.

Under the regime's strategy of “military-civil fusion,” many civilian resources serve the military sector. That civilian administrative system includes military university administrators and defense researchers.

For example, the company’s development of its Jilin-1 remote sensing satellites was based on Beijing's military-civil fusion (MCF) strategy, as outlined by provincial authorities in China's Jilin Province and the Equipment Development Department of China

Relying on “military-civil” fusion, Beijing is projected to conduct more than 70 state launches and potentially exceed 100 total launches when commercial rockets are included, a sharp acceleration from the 92 launches carried out in 2025.

Alan Estevez, undersecretary of commerce for industry and security, said the administration is "committed to preventing the misuse of advanced U.S. technology and curbing the national security concerns raised by the PRC’s military-civil fusion."

State Department, military-civil fusion is an aggressive Chinese national strategy aimed at developing the most technologically advanced military in the world.

They said the company should be considered a “military-civil fusion contributor.” In addition, the lawmakers urged the DOD to list six Chinese biotech companies, two of which, Origincell and MGI Group, were added on Monday.

China’s fleets are more than just part of a fishing operation; they should be considered another facet of the ‘military-civil fusion’ program,” according to Fanell.

Naval War College’s China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) indicates that these vessels are integral to Beijing's "civil-military fusion" strategy.

Vigneault also raised concerns about partnerships between Canadian and Western universities and Chinese institutions linked to the regime's military and security sectors, highlighting issues related to Beijing's strategy known as "military-civil fusion

China’s ‘Military-Civil Fusion’ Identifying and effectively mitigating the dangers posed by such companies has proven difficult, however, as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) implements a “military-civil fusion” strategy in which all civil technologies

Additionally, China’s “military-civil fusion” spending, which integrates civilian industries into military development, also falls outside its defense budget. Making an exact comparison between U.S. and Chinese defense spending is complex.

(The Epoch Times) (The Epoch Times) Experts: Product of Military-Civil Fusion Mr. Lin, former director of the Virus Department at the U.S.

Beijing, committed to “military-civil fusion,” shows no sign of easing its scrutiny of returnees. For Chinese students caught in the middle, every application, border crossing, or campus event can feel like a test.

Beijing’s Made in China 2025 initiative and its Military-Civil Fusion strategy explicitly target frontier technologies developed in U.S. labs.

Moolenaar asserted that the Chinese regime enforces a "military-civil fusion" and that this fusion erodes the barrier between the CCP and Chinese business entities.

China’s shipbuilding dominance is primarily driven by its state-owned China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), which benefits from a military-civil fusion, allowing commercial sales to directly support naval expansion.

These developments align with the CCP’s military-civil fusion doctrine, which embeds dual-use capabilities into civilian infrastructure.

The final phase of Beijing’s strategy is profiting from these dependencies, turning commercial dominance into a revenue stream that reinforces its military-civil fusion.