Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) is designated high risk for its high proportion of defence research.
BUCT is subordinate to the Ministry of Education. The university engages in high levels of defence research.https://web.archive.org/web/20190806034129/http://news.buct.edu.cn/kxyj/72411.htm In 2016, the Ministry of Education and defence industry agency SASTIND agreed to jointly construct BUCT, a move designed to expand its involvement in defence research.https://web.archive.org/web/20190806034129/http://news.buct.edu.cn/kxyj/72411.htm ; https://web.archive.org/web/20190806034332/http://www.moe.gov.cn/srcsite/A14/A14_other/200703/t20070301_75760.html
Between 2011 and 2015, the university’s spending on defence research reached RMB272 million (AUD56 million), approximately 15% of the university’s research spending and an increase of around 50% over the previous five years.https://web.archive.org/web/20190806035001/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HLqIKFN2aUkJ:www.moe.gov.cn/s78/A08/gjs_left/s7187/zsgxgz_sswgh/201703/W020170310547097800849.pdf+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au
BUCT specialises in the development and application of critical materials for the defence industry.https://web.archive.org/web/20190806034129/http://news.buct.edu.cn/kxyj/72411.htm Its research on carbon fibres has been applied to the aerospace industry.https://web.archive.org/web/20190806035001/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HLqIKFN2aUkJ:www.moe.gov.cn/s78/A08/gjs_left/s7187/zsgxgz_sswgh/201703/W020170310547097800849.pdf+&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au
BUCT holds secret-level security credentials, allowing it to participate in classified defence and weapons technology projects.https://web.archive.org/web/20190806034129/http://news.buct.edu.cn/kxyj/72411.htm
Major defence laboratories
- National Defense Research Centre on New Materials (国防新材料研究中心)http://www.buct.edu.cn/yblm/kxyj/yjjg/index.htm
- Possibly the same as BUCT’s Advanced Elastic Materials Research Center (先进弹性体材料研究中心)https://web.archive.org/web/20190806040244/http://www.caem.buct.edu.cn/zxgk/zxjj/index.htm
Designated defence research areas
In 2017, SASTIND approved four disciplines with defence characteristics at BUCT.https://web.archive.org/web/20190815023933/http://xxgk.buct.edu.cn/docs/2018-10/20181009164958213789.pdf These four disciplines could be identified but they probably include materials science and pattern recognition technology.https://web.archive.org/web/20190815024021/http://www.cmse.buct.edu.cn/gyxy/xygk/xyls/100164.htm ; https://web.archive.org/web/20190929233720/http://cist.buct.edu.cn/xwzx/xyxw/120655.htm
Defence and security links
A vice president and member of the party standing committee at BUCT previously worked for the PLA General Staff Department Third Department (3PLA), which was the Chinese military’s signals intelligence arm until it was incorporated into the PLA Strategic Support Force in 2016.”https://web.archive.org/web/20190806041006/http://www.buct.edu.cn/yblm/zjbh/ldjt/22903.htm
Noteworthy international collaborations
A professor from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a ‘foreign principal investigator’ at BUCT’s International Research Center of Soft Matter (国际软物质研究中心).https://web.archive.org/web/20190806040622/http://www.yingjiesheng.com/job-003-721-804.html
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