The Seven Sons of National Defence (国防七子) is a grouping of the public universities affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China. They are widely believed to have close scientific research partnerships and projects with the People’s Liberation Army. SOURCE

• Three quarters of university graduates recruited by defense related state-owned enterprises in China come from the Seven Sons.

• The Seven Sons devote at least half of their research budgets to military products.

• According to the Hoover Institution, the Seven Sons "operate as prime pathways for harvesting US research and diverting it to military applications.”

• In 2020, the United States government banned students from the Seven Sons schools to study in graduate programs in the United States.

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Citation: Eads, L. (2024). Seven Sons of National Defence (国防七子) Tracker. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13936473