U.S. Investors Are Funding Malign PRC Companies on Major Indices

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Under Xi Jinping, the CCP has prioritized something called โ€˜military-civil fusion.โ€™ โ€ฆ Chinese companies and researchers mustโ€ฆ under penalty of law โ€“ share technology with the Chinese military. The goal is to ensure that the Peopleโ€™s Liberation Army has military dominance.โ€ฏ And the PLAโ€™s core mission is to sustain the Chinese Communist Partyโ€™s grip on power.
~ Michael R. Pompeo, SECRETARY OF STATE

The Chinese Communist Partyโ€™s (CCP) threat to American national security extends into our financial markets and impacts American investors.โ€ฏ Many major stock and bond indices developed by index providers like MSCI and FTSE include malign Peopleโ€™s Republic of China (PRC) companies that are listed on theโ€ฏDepartment of Commerceโ€™s Entity Listโ€ฏand/or theโ€ฏDepartment of Defenseโ€™s Listโ€ฏof โ€œCommunist Chinese military companiesโ€ (CCMCs). The money flowing into these index funds โ€“ often passively, from U.S. retail investors โ€“ supports Chinese companies involved in both civilian and military production.โ€ฏ Some of these companies produce technologies for the surveillance of civilians and repression of human rights, as is the case with Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang, China, as well as in other repressive regimes, such as Iran and Venezuela.

As of December 2020, at least 24 of the 35 parent-level CCMCs had affiliatesโ€™ securities included on a major securities index.  This includes at least 71 distinct affiliate-level securities issuers.  There are also at least 13 PRC firms on the Entity List whose parent company or affiliates are included in the MSCI or FTSE stock indices.  The MSCI emerging market index includes 230 Chinese A-shares stocks incorporated on the Mainland, quoted in renminbi, and listed on Chinese Communist Party-controlled Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges. 

Investments Financing Communist Chinese Military Companies Pose National Security Risk to the United States

โ€œSome of the Chinese companies [on MSCI Index] present significant national security and humanitarian concerns for the United States, which increases the risk that they could be subject to sanctions, public protests, trade restrictions, boycotts, and other punitive measures that jeopardize their business and profitabilityโ€ฆโ€ฏfor example, military contractors that provide military aircraft and telecommunications support to the Peopleโ€™s Liberation Army.โ€ฏ The list also includes companies that manufacture surveillance equipment that China uses to oppress religious minorities as well as one company indicted for engaging in economic activity with Iran and North Korea in violation of U.S. sanctions law.โ€

Letterย from Robert C. Oโ€™Brien, National Security Advisor and Lawrence Kudlow, Director of National Economic Council to the Department of Labor

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