Lawmakers Call on Biden Administration to Blacklist WuXi AppTec Over Alleged Ties to Chinese Military

The letter cited numerous examples of WuXi AppTec and its leadership’s connection to Beijing and the Chinese military.

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Feb. 12, 2024. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times

A group of bipartisan lawmakers has called on the Biden administration to investigate Chinese biotech firm WuXi AppTec and its subsidiary, WuXi Biologics, due to their alleged ties to the Chinese military.

In a letter dated Feb. 12 to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the lawmakers raised concerns that the Chinese biotech giant’s connection to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) pose a potential threat to U.S. national security.