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National Security Law | The United States Stops Exporting Military and Civilian Equipment to Hong Kong

2020-07-01T06:24:40.995Z


The United States officially stopped exporting military-civilian equipment to Hong Kong, and revoked Hong Kong's special status. Yang Limen, the chief executive of the Chamber of Commerce, said this morning (30th) on the commercial channel "Departure on a Sunny Day" that the business community has already been psychologically prepared early this morning. Impact, I have not heard any reaction from the business sector. Regarding the categorization of military-civilian technology into multiple areas, Li Jinhua, vice chairman of the Wireless Technology Chamber of Commerce, said that he is most worried that any communication equipment with encryption technology will be affected.


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Author: Zheng Qiuling Golden Chess

2020-06-30 10:00

Last update date: 2020-06-30 10:04

The United States officially stopped exporting military-civilian equipment to Hong Kong, and revoked Hong Kong's special status. Yang Limen, the chief executive of the Chamber of Commerce, said this morning (30th) on the commercial channel "Departure on a Sunny Day" that the business community has already been psychologically prepared early this morning. Impact, I have not heard any reaction from the business sector. Regarding the categorization of military-civilian technology into multiple areas, Li Jinhua, vice chairman of the Wireless Technology Chamber of Commerce, said that he is most worried that any communication equipment with encryption technology will be affected.

Yang Limen, a former Secretary-General of the Government Policy Bureau and CEO of the Manufacturers’ Association, said that the business community has long been psychologically prepared and has not heard any reaction from the industry and commerce industry. It has little impact on the manufacturing industry for the time being, but it may be expected for scientific research in universities and colleges. And the biggest impact of the import and export industry, many manufacturers have to entrust universities to do research. He pointed out that Hong Kong has always had a system to control the import of military and civilian dual-use items from the United States. The United States will also strictly track the end user through the export certificate, and re-exports must be declared. He is not aware of the impact on Hong Kong's supercomputers, but according to what he has seen, the import of such high-tech products has always been difficult.

Yang Limen believes that Hong Kong's business is very flexible, and that more mainland manufacturers have moved away from the base. This is an imaginable situation. But he does not think that the United States gives Hong Kong special trade preferences. As for how to anticipate the follow-up, he pointed to the industry response. The government has the responsibility to speak to the United States, but the current situation is already a dispute between the two countries. I believe it depends on the actual measures taken by the United States. He described Hong Kong as a result of the "fighting" between the two great powers of China and the United States. The business community is very weak and can only "see the tricks".

Yang Limen, a former secretary general of the Government Policy Bureau and chief executive of the Manufacturers' Association, said that the business community has long been psychologically prepared. (Profile picture/Photo by Yu Junliang)

Regarding the classification of military-civilian technology into multiple areas, Li Jinhua, vice chairman of the Wireless Technology Chamber of Commerce, said that he is most worried that any communication equipment with encryption technology will be affected, such as routers and telephones. Will fall behind. Alternative materials are mainly supplied by the mainland, such as Huawei, ZTE, and many public networks in Hong Kong. Both the government and telecommunications providers use Huawei equipment. The more indirect impact may be that Huawei can no longer import new parts from the United States through Hong Kong. Technology, etc.

As for the United States to stop exporting defense equipment to Hong Kong, Mo Naiguang, a Legislative Council member of the information technology community, believes that the issue of arms exports is "not the most strained" for the Hong Kong economy, and the relevant decisions have already been mentioned by the United States earlier. As for restricting the export of military-civilian dual-use technology, there is no clear explanation in the United States, and many technical civilian and military applications are also used. For example, some communication devices have no clear boundaries.

Mo also said that the decision will have the most direct impact on the universities and scientific research community in Hong Kong, and that the communications industry such as data centers and telephone companies will also have an impact. However, he laughed and believed that telephones and the like can continue to be purchased, "the mainland can buy them." Although there are alternative products in Europe and other regions, Mo said bluntly, "If you use a certain platform to change, it will be troublesome and the cost will have an impact."

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