Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Defense released an update to the names of "Chinese military companies" operating directly or indirectly in the United States, pursuant to Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. The Department identified 188 entities, including major tech companies

Hesai Technology, an electronics company headquartered in Shanghai, has appealed a U.S. district court ruling rejecting a claim that it had been wrongly placed on a U.S. government blacklist.

This week, the U.S. government announced new additions to a list of "Chinese Military Companies" and also added several Chinese companies to a Commerce Department "Entity List."

Hesai Technology, an electronics company headquartered in Shanghai, has filed an amended complaint and a motion for summary judgment in a case against the U.S. Department of Defense to get itself taken off a blacklist of Chinese military companies.

During a legal challenge to its decision to list Chinese lidar maker Hesai as a "Chinese military company," the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has delisted the company and then relisted it, with the impact on the litigation uncertain.

Last week, Chinese drone maker DJI brought a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Department of Defense for its "military" designation of DJI, putting forward a number of constitutional and Administrative Procedures Act claims.

Litigation over Hesai Technology's lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense to get itself taken off a blacklist of Chinese military companies is continuing, with two new briefs filed recently.