Subject type: State-owned shipping and terminal operator Jurisdiction: People's Republic of China Also known as: China COSCO Shipping Corporation, 中国远洋海运集团 File opened: 23 August 2026 Last updated: 23 August 2026 Origin The present group was formed in 2016 by merging COSCO with China Shipping Group, two state carriers that had spent years competing on the same routes. The … [Read more...] about COSCO Shipping: China’s State Carrier, Terminal Holdings and Strategic Sealift Role
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CASIC: China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, Missile Production and Commercial Cover
Subject type: State-owned missile and space conglomerate Jurisdiction: People's Republic of China Also known as: China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, 中国航天科工集团 File opened: 21 August 2026 Last updated: 21 August 2026 Origin CASIC was separated in 1999 from what is now CASC, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, in the same restructuring that split the … [Read more...] about CASIC: China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, Missile Production and Commercial Cover
AVIC: Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Structure, Export Programmes and Listing Exposure
Subject type: State-owned aerospace conglomerate Jurisdiction: People's Republic of China Also known as: Aviation Industry Corporation of China, 中国航空工业集团 File opened: 19 August 2026 Last updated: 19 August 2026 Origin AVIC's lineage runs back to the aviation ministry of the 1950s, built with Soviet assistance and left stranded when that assistance ended. The corporation was … [Read more...] about AVIC: Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Structure, Export Programmes and Listing Exposure
Norinco: China’s Land Systems Conglomerate, Export Footprint and US Restrictions
Subject type: State-owned defence and industrial conglomerate Jurisdiction: People's Republic of China Also known as: China North Industries Group Corporation, CNGC, 中国兵器工业集团 File opened: 17 August 2026 Last updated: 17 August 2026 Origin Norinco descends from the ordnance ministry of the Mao period and took corporate form in 1980 as China opened arms exports to foreign … [Read more...] about Norinco: China’s Land Systems Conglomerate, Export Footprint and US Restrictions