U.S. Intelligence Warns That China Wants To Develop The World’s Largest Bio-Database On Genetic Material

FILE PHOTO: Technicians work at a genetic testing laboratory of BGI, formerly known as Beijing Genomics Institute, in Kunming, Yunnan province, China December 26, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer

DNYUZ/New York Times: U.S. Warns of Efforts by China to Collect Genetic Data

BETHESDA, Md. — Chinese firms are collecting genetic data from around the world, part of an effort by

the Chinese government and companies to develop the world’s largest bio-database, American intelligence officials reported on Friday.

The National Counterintelligence and Security Center said in a new paper that the United States needs to better secure critical technologies including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, semiconductors and other technologies related to the so-called bioeconomy.

China and other countries are trying to dominate these technologies, and are using both legal and illegal means to acquire American know how, said Michael Orlando, the acting director of the counterintelligence center, an arm of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

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WNU Editor: These warnings on Chinese efforts to collect genetic data have been around for a long time .... Chinese Gene Firm Providing Worldwide COVID Tests Has Ties To The Chinese Military (January 30, 2021).