Seven Sons of National Defence
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The Seven Sons of National Defence (Chinese: 国防七子) or colloquially G7 (Guofang 7) is a grouping of the public universities affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China.[1][2] They are widely believed to have close scientific research partnerships and projects with the People’s Liberation Army.[3][4] However, these are not official part of the Academic institutions of the Chinese armed forces.
| Seven Sons of National Defence | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 国防七子 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 國防七子 | ||||||
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Universities
The universities of the Seven Sons of National Defence include:[5]
- Beihang University in Haidian, Beijing
- Beijing Institute of Technology in Haidian, Beijing
- Harbin Engineering University in Harbin, Heilongjiang
- Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, Heilongjiang
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Nanjing, Jiangsu
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology in Nanjing, Jiangsu
- Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi'an, Shaanxi
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Three quarters of university graduates recruited by defense related state-owned enterprises in China come from the Seven Sons.[6] The Seven Sons devote at least half of their research budgets to military products.[7]
According to the Hoover Institution, the Seven Sons "operate as prime pathways for harvesting US research and diverting it to military applications."[8]
In 2020, the United States government banned students from the Seven Sons schools to study in graduate programs in the United States.[5]
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