MI5 has warned that research funded through the China General Technology Research Institute is being sent to Chinese intelligence services, and has urged British universities to end their ties with the organisation.
The institute has been linked to China’s Ministry of State Security, known as the MSS. The warning raises concerns about the use of Chinese-backed research relationships and the potential transfer of UK university work to Beijing’s intelligence apparatus.
British universities are being asked to sever their connections with the China General Technology Research Institute. The warning identifies the organisation as a front company connected to China and says research funded through it is reaching the country’s spies.
No further details about the affected universities, research projects or the timing of the alleged transfers were provided in the supplied material. The latest guidance is for UK universities to reassess and end their links with the institute.
