U.S. Lawmakers Urge Listing of DeepSeek, Xiaomi, Unitree Robotics, and 16 Other Chinese Companies on Military-Related List

Nine U.S. Congress members sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin this week.Urge the Department of Defense to include 19 Chinese technology companies in the "Chinese Military Companies List" (also known as the CMC List or 1260H List).。

After U.S. President Trump signed the annual military spending bill amounting to $1 trillion on December 18, nine members of Congress, including Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, Mike Gallagher, and Florida Republican Rick Scott, sent a letter overnight.Request the Ministry of Defense to include the artificial intelligence company DeepSeek, Xiaomi, and the electronic display panel manufacturer BOE Technology Group in the "Section 1260H List."。

The aforementioned lawmakers are all Republicans, with several of them chairing key congressional committees. They suggest listing 19 Chinese companies, which are:

DeepSeek, Xiaomi, BOE Technology Group, Yushu Technology, WuXi AppTec, WuXi Biologics, WuXi Headland, Kingstar Biosciences, LeiShen, Tiandy Technologies, Tianma Microelectronics, Beijing Human-Robot Innovation Center, Guoxuan High-Tech, Suteng Juchuang, Livox, Cloudwalk Technology, Huahong Semiconductor, Shenzhen Sunnan Circuit, and Jinrui Hong.

Xiaomi was included in the U.S. Department of Defense's 1237 list (the predecessor of the 1260H list) in January 2021. In May 2021, Xiaomi successfully removed itself from the list through litigation.

Reuters quoted a senior U.S. official in June of this year saying that...DeepSeek has been accused of circumventing U.S. export controls. BOE, as one of Apple's suppliers, has also been singled out by U.S. lawmakers, who are demanding that the Pentagon remove this Chinese company from the supply chain by 2030.

What is the "1260H list"?

The 1260H list, commonly referred to as the CMC list, originates from Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the fiscal year 2021 in the United States. It is annually updated and maintained by the U.S. Department of Defense. The purpose of the list is to identify companies that are deemed "linked to the Chinese military," particularly those involved in the Military-Civil Fusion strategy. These companies typically engage in advanced technologies, supply chains, or infrastructure that may indirectly support China's military modernization.

The purpose of the list: Companies included on the list will not immediately face trading bans or asset freezes, but it serves as a "warning signal." The U.S. government will notify Congress and may trigger subsequent actions, such as:

The U.S. Department of Defense prohibits doing business with these companies.

American investors (including pension funds and mutual funds) may be forced to sell the relevant stocks to avoid violating the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations.

●Enhance scrutiny of these companies, affecting their financing and cooperation in the U.S. market.

As of the last update in January 2025, the U.S. CMC list includes 131 companies, such as Tencent and CATL.

Here is the detailed list of CMC and other lists:

Summary of the 8 Major U.S. Sanction Lists

- Ministry of Commerce - Entity List (1128 entities)

- Ministry of National Defense-CMC List (131 items)

- Ministry of Finance - NS-CMIC List (68 items)

Business Department - UVL List (62 items)

- Department of Homeland Security - UFLPA List (144 items)

- Ministry of Commerce - MEU List (57 items)

- Ministry of Finance - SDN List (1081 entities)

Ministry of Finance - Non-SDN List (76 items)