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On October 15, 2026 Beijing time, John Moolenaar, Chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, wrote to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, urging the Department of Defense to expand the Section 1286 list. The proposal aims to bring 14 institutes under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 62 Chinese laboratories, 58 universities, 22 foreign malign talent programs, and other related entities within the scope of sanctions, in order to strengthen technology and security controls on China.

On October 14, 2026, John Moolenaar, Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, sent a letter to the Pentagon urging the expansion of the list of military-linked entities under Section 1286 of the National Defense Authorization Act. The letter calls for the inclusion of 14 Chinese Academy of Sciences institutes, 62 key Chinese and defense laboratories, 58 universities co-built or supported by the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, 22 foreign malicious talent programs, and the China Scholarship Council (CSC) along with its scholars. The committee also demands a comprehensive ban on any scholars receiving CSC funding from participating in Pentagon-funded research projects.

On October 12, the Guangnian Zhiwai Hotel was taken down or shown as fully booked on multiple platforms, with staff saying it had suspended receiving guests; that evening, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced it had set up an investigation working group to conduct a comprehensive review, and said that if any violations of rules or discipline are found, the relevant units and responsible persons will be dealt with seriously.

According to a September 2026 video by Toronto Fang Lian, in the early stage of the Internet firewall system's construction, the only hardware contractors were Sugon under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Huawei, and Huawei has long been involved in building the CCP's internet censorship and surveillance system.

On March 17, the resume information of Academician Yang Wei, chief designer of the J-20, could no longer be retrieved from the official website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The Transit Corps of the Beijing Public Security Bureau released a proposed hiring list of 80 auxiliary police officers, which includes graduates from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China University of Political Science and Law, University of International Business and Economics, and Communication University of China.