[co-author: Andrea Fraser-Reid]

On Friday, May 22, 2020, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced in two separate press releases that it would be adding a number of companies and governmental entities to the Entity List.

A total of nine companies, as follows, will be added for their involvement in human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region:

• China’s Ministry of Public Security’s Institute of Forensic Science;
• Aksu Huafu Textiles Co.;
• CloudWalk Technology;
• FiberHome Technologies Group;
• Nanjing FiberHome Starrysky Communication Development;
• NetPosa;
• SenseNets;
• Intellifusion;
• IS’Vision.

In addition, BIS separately announced that it would be designating two dozen entities for their involvement in military activities:

• Beijing Cloudmind Technology Co., Ltd.;
• Beijing Computational Science Research Center;
• Beijing Jincheng Huanyu Electronics Co., Ltd.;
• Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research;
• Chengdu Fine Optical Engineering Research Center;
• China Jiuyuan Trading Corporation;
• Cloudminds (Hong Kong) Limited;
• Cloudminds Inc.;
• Harbin Chuangyue Technology Co., Ltd.;
• Harbin Engineering University;
• Harbin Institute of Technology;
• Harbin Yun Li Da Technology and Development Co., Ltd.;
• JCN (HK) Technology Co. Ltd.;
• K Logistics (China) Limited;
• Kunhai (Yanjiao) Innovation Research Institute;
• Peac Institute of Multiscale Science;
• Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd.;
• Qihoo 360 Technology Company;
• Shanghai Nova Instruments Co., Ltd.;
• Sichuan Dingcheng Material Trade Co., Ltd.;
• Sichuan Haitian New Technology Group Co. Ltd.;
• Sichuan Zhonghe Import and Export Trade Co., Ltd.
• Skyeye Laser Technology Limited;
• Zhu Jiejin.

Once these restrictions go into effect, the export, re-export, or in-country transfer of items subject to the Export Administration Regulations to these entities without a BIS license will be prohibited.