BIS adds seven Chinese parties involved in supercomputing to the Entity List

On April 9, 2021, the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule in the Federal Register to add seven Chinese parties to the Entity List.  The Final Rule took effect on April 8, 2021.  According to the Final Rule and the Commerce Department’s press release, the Designees were added to the Entity List because they have procured US-origin items for use in building supercomputers that are used to support China’s military actors and military activities.

See https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/04/09/2021-07400/addition-of-entities-to-the-entity-list.