Chinese Lawmaker Floats More Secrecy to Help Evade US Chip Curbs

A Chinese lawmaker affiliated with a top local chip firm asked Beijing to let state-backed firms keep the identity of their foreign suppliers a secret, at a time Washington is increasingly blocking the country’s access to Western hardware and semiconductors.

US-blacklisted, government-backed firms should be allowed to keep their suppliers anonymous when buying from overseas companies, National People’s Congress delegate Guan Wenhui proposed this week. Instead of a public tender process as required by law, such corporations would then conduct purchases privately, she said. Publicizing the foreign sellers would only draw scrutiny and potentially force them to sever any remaining ties with Chinese firms, said Guan, who works for a unit of Naura Technology Group Co. — a chip gear maker that’s been on a US export blacklist since late 2024.