State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs explained

The State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA;) is an external name used by China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. SAFEA was previously its own agency of the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) that operated under the State Council and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. It was responsible for recruiting foreign experts outside of mainland China - including Taiwan and the special administrative regions - for work in the PRC, and managing the training of Chinese nationals outside of the PRC.[1] It was headquartered in Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing.[2]

SAFEA founded in 1956[3] and abolished in March 2018, when its functions were absorbed by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). The SAFEA name was retained to interact with foreign parties.[1] The name was transferred to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security in March 2023.[4]

Recruitment

The fields targeted for foreign recruitment included the economy, technology, management, education, engineering, science, culture, and healthcare. Foreigners usually worked in foreign invested joint-ventures, private industry, state-owned enterprises and public construction projects.[5]

Programs and organizations supervised

Partnerships

SAFEA has had partnerships with universities and professional bodies in several countries, including:

Reaction

According to the 1999 Cox Report, SAFEA's CAIEP is "one of several organizations set up by the PRC for illicit technology transfer through contacts with Western scientists and engineers."[15] In March 2022, a federal jury convicted a man of fraudulently obtaining U.S. visas for CAIEP employees.[16]

A 2019 report by the United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations stated that SAFEA's contracts with foreign experts "include provisions that violate U.S. standards of research integrity, place TTP members in compromising legal and ethical positions, and undermine fundamental U.S. scientific norms of transparency, reciprocity, and integrity."[17]

SAFEA has been the subject of espionage investigations. In 2010, Noshir Gowadia was convicted for selling classified information, primarily regarding the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, to a SAFEA official.[18] SAFEA has been reported to operate nominally private front organizations such as Virginia-based Triway Enterprises.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 20 July 2018. 2017 Budget of the Former State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs. 2 December 2020. Ministry of Science and Technology. Etcetera Language Group, Inc.. 28 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210128013202/https://cset.georgetown.edu/research/2017-budget-of-the-former-state-administration-of-foreign-experts-affairs/. live.
  2. http://www.safea.gov.cn/ Home
  3. Web site: 23 March 2018. China's science ministry gets power to attract more foreign scientists. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200721210318/https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/chinas-science-ministry-gets-power-to-attract-more-foreign-scientists. 2020-07-21. 2020-08-09. www.natureindex.com.
  4. News: Zhang . Tianqi . 9 March 2023 . Blog: Why China Is Restructuring Its Science and Tech Ministry . . 23 September 2023.
  5. Web site: Notice Of The Office Of The State Administration Of Foreign Experts Affairs And The Consular Department Of The Ministry Of Foreign Affairs On The Use And Administration Of The Permit For Foreign Experts Working In China . Asianlii.org . 2019-11-26 . 2016-03-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160328032726/http://asianlii.org/cn/legis/cen/laws/notootsaofeaatcdotmofaotuaaotpffewic1936/ . live .
  6. Hvistendahl. Mara. 2014-10-24. Show me the money. Science. en. 346. 6208. 411–415. 10.1126/science.346.6208.411. 25342782. 2014Sci...346..411H. 0036-8075. free.
  7. News: China International Talent Exchange Foundation. China Daily. live. August 9, 2020. November 19, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191119224008/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/safea/2017-06/02/content_29589804.htm.
  8. Web site: Hannas. Wm. C.. Chang. Huey-meei. 2019-09-25. China's Access to Foreign AI Technology. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200731222558/https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/CSET_China_Access_To_Foreign_AI_Technology.pdf. 2020-07-31. 2020-08-09. Center for Security and Emerging Technology. 11. en-US.
  9. Web site: 2019-09-16. Chinese Government Employee Charged in Manhattan Federal Court with Participating in Conspiracy to Fraudulently Obtain U.S. Visas. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191015021745/https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1202996/download. 2019-10-15. 2020-08-09. U.S. Department of Justice. en.
  10. Book: Hannas . William C. . Chinese Industrial Espionage: Technology Acquisition and Military Modernisation . Mulvenon . James . Puglisi . Anna B. . 2013-06-14 . Routledge . 978-1-135-95261-7 . 95–110 . en . 1081421916 . Anna B. Puglisi.
  11. Web site: Legerwood. Racqueal. 2020-01-27. As US Universities Close Confucius Institutes, What's Next?. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200817165508/https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/01/27/us-universities-close-confucius-institutes-whats-next. 2020-08-17. 2020-08-09. Human Rights Watch. en.
  12. Web site: Program Areas & Expertise Global Maryland, University of Maryland. 2020-08-09. globalmaryland.umd.edu. 2019-12-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221052351/http://globalmaryland.umd.edu/offices/china/program-areas-expertise. live.
  13. Web site: State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs. 2020-08-09. International Projects Office. en-US. 2020-08-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20200820164241/https://projects.international.wisc.edu/what-we-do/partnerships/safea-china/. live.
  14. Web site: June 27, 2018. PMI Extends Cooperation Agreement with SAFEA for Five Years. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180627170730/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pmi-extends-cooperation-agreement-with-safea-for-five-years-300673069.html. 2018-06-27. 2020-08-09. www.prnewswire.com. en.
  15. Book: U. S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China. August 1999. 978-0-7881-8207-5. 38. DIANE . en. 2020-10-04. 2020-10-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20201007183011/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRPT-105hrpt851/pdf/GPO-CRPT-105hrpt851.pdf. live.
  16. Web site: 2022-03-23 . Chinese Government Employee Convicted of Participating in Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and Fraudulently Obtain U.S. Visas . 2022-03-24 . U.S. Department of Justice . en . 2022-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324020743/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-government-employee-convicted-participating-conspiracy-defraud-united-states-and . live .
  17. 2019-11-18. Threats to the U.S. Research Enterprise: China's Talent Recruitment Plans. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200820164309/https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract=&did=831878. 2020-08-20. 2020-08-09. Homeland Security Digital Library. United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. 27. en.
  18. Web site: Joske . Alex . Alex Joske . August 20, 2020 . Hunting the Phoenix: The Chinese Communist Party's global search for technology and talent . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200820144216/https://www.aspi.org.au/report/hunting-phoenix . 2020-08-20 . 2020-08-20 . . en.

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