China Sanctions Research

Individuals and organisations targeted by the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, Counter-Measures List, Unreliable Entities List (UEL), Export Control List, and Export Control Watch List.

China does not publish structured data on individuals and entities targeted by the country's sanctions legislation. This dataset is a partial list of individuals and organisations officially designated or listed by Chinese government authorities.

Chinese sanctions are often framed as countermeasures against foreign sanctions and to reprimand public figures for criticizing China's policies, particularly regarding Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Xinjiang province.

The dataset also covers entities subject to trade restrictions under the Unreliable Entities List (UEL), Export Control List, and Export Control Watch List.

Note: This dataset is not comprehensive and should be used as a research tool but not as a definitive source of sanctions data on China.

See the designation extraction guide for the conventions used to turn official notices into structured rows.

Data overview 

Entities:
Total897
Searchable439
Targets439
Entity types:
Companies242
People163
Organizations34
Countries:
19 countries · Show overview...
Publisher:OpenSanctions · China non-official source

This dataset combines data published by various government departments, including the Ministry of Commerce, a state agency responsible for the regulation of economic activities such as trade, commodity inspection and industry; as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is responsible for China's foreign relations and international diplomacy; and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, which is responsible for policy relating to Taiwan.

Collections:in Consolidated Sanctions · OpenSanctions Default
Information:github.com
Source data:raw.githubusercontent.com · CSV
Tags:list.sanction.counter · list.export · target.us
Coverage:added · frequency: not automated
Last processed:
2026-07-30 06:47:01 · v. 20260730064701-obf
Last change:

Bulk download 

Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities593.5 KB
names.txtTarget names text file18.37 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format251.31 KB
source.csvSource data145.99 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON599.5 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV120.99 KB

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Using the API 

You can query the data in this dataset via these API endpoints:

For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:

Programs6 

This dataset consolidates entities targeted by the following sanctions programs, policy regimes or sub-lists:

IDTitleIssuerTarget countries
[CN-CML]Chinese Counter-Measures ListNPC China
European Union
United Kingdom
United States
[CN-ECL]Chinese Export Control ListMOFCOM China
[CN-ECWL]Chinese Export Control Watch ListMOFCOM China
[CN-TAO-ACCOMP]Henchmen and Accomplices of "Taiwan Independence"TAO China
Taiwan
[CN-TAO-DIEHARD]Diehard "Taiwan Independence" SeparatistsTAO China
Taiwan
[CN-UEL]Chinese Unreliable Entities List (UEL)NPC China

Recent additions 

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Antraco Chemie-Handelsgesellschaft mbHCompanyGermany
Politechnika WroclawskaOrganizationPoland
Ekspla UABCompanyLithuania
Cavok UASCompanyFrance
Opticoelectron GroupCompanyBulgaria
Sindlhauser Materials GmbHCompanyGermany
TATRA TRUCKS a.s.CompanyCzechia
III-V LABOrganizationFrance
Garnet S.r.l.CompanyItaly
IHC Merwede Holding B.V.CompanyNetherlands
Rheinmetall AGCompanyGermany
InPACT S.A.CompanyFrance
Lafert S.p.A.CompanyItaly
Vigo Photonics S.A.CompanyPoland
Hanwha Shipping Holdings LLCCompanyUnited States
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