Vice President of Rare Earth Company Leaks Seven State Secrets to Foreign Entities: Ministry of State Security Reveals Details

According to messages from the Ministry of State Security's official WeChat account, resource development, technological advancement, and data flow are all deeply embedded within the invisible network of industrial and supply chains. The security of these chains is critical to national economic security and high-quality development as a whole. In recent years, foreign intelligence agencies have increasingly conducted infiltration, sabotage, and espionage activities against China's industrial and supply chains in ways that are more concealed, professionalized, and systematic, posing severe threats to China's economic security, technological security, and data security. Public cases show that a foreign non-ferrous metal company, through its Chinese employee Ye XX, used financial inducements to bribe Cheng XX, vice president of a domestic rare earth company. Seeking personal gain, Cheng violated regulations by illegally providing seven classified state secrets under his control—including the categories, quantities, and prices of China's rare earth stockpiling—to foreign entities. Ultimately, both Ye XX and Cheng XX were severely punished by law.