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The logic of these U.S. restrictions is risk containment, not automatic punishment of every company in a corporate family. Different agencies use different legal tools for different kinds of risk, and the legal effect depends on the specific list involved.
The Department of Commerce’s BIS Entity List restricts exports, reexports, and in-country transfers of specified items to listed parties on national security or foreign policy grounds. The FCC Covered List identifies communications equipment and services found to pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security. Treasury’s NS-CMIC List does not impose full blocking sanctions. Instead, it restricts certain U.S. investment in listed Chinese military-industrial and surveillance-related companies. The Department of Defense’s Section 1260H list is different again. It is an identification list of Chinese military companies operating directly or indirectly in the United States, not a general sanctions list and not a general government-contracting ban by itself.
Because these lists serve different legal purposes, there is no single master list of Chinese IT companies under U.S. restrictions. To verify a company’s status properly, you must check the specific list or lists that apply.
CloudWalk Technology Co., Ltd. — restricted under the BIS Entity List and Treasury’s NS-CMIC List.
Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. — restricted under the BIS Entity List, Treasury’s NS-CMIC List, and the FCC Covered List.
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. — restricted under the BIS Entity List, Treasury’s NS-CMIC List, and the FCC Covered List.
iFLYTEK Co., Ltd. — restricted under the BIS Entity List.
Inspur Group Co., Ltd. — restricted under the BIS Entity List and Treasury’s NS-CMIC List.
SenseTime Group Limited — restricted under the BIS Entity List and Treasury’s NS-CMIC List.