SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116-283, as amended (codified at 10 U.S.C. 113, note)) (Section 1260H) provides that the Secretary of Defense is to identify and publish a list of “Chinese military companies” annually until December 31, 2030, and to make additions or deletions to the list not less frequently than annually. Section 1260H(b)(2) requires the Secretary of Defense to publish the unclassified portion of the list in the Federal Register .

The Deputy Secretary of Defense has decided to delist the following entity from the list of “Chinese military companies” in accordance with section 1260H, without prejudice to relisting the entity on additional or supplementary grounds:

WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd. (WuXi AppTec)

• The Deputy Secretary of War has determined that WuXi AppTec should be removed from the most recent Section 1260H List that was published in theFederal Register on June 10, 2026, in compliance with the order issued by the U.S. District Court of Columbia on August 7, 2026, granting WuXi AppTec's Motion for Preliminary Injunction, which enjoins the Department from enforcing, implementing, or otherwise giving effect to the Department's designation of WuXi AppTec as a Chinese military company under Section 1260H.

The entity delisted from the list of “Chinese military companies” is also identified in Mandarin and can be found in this notice's docket on www.regulations.gov. Search by the docket ID, DOD-2026-OS-2410. The Mandarin version of the delisting notice is available for public viewing at the Supporting & Related Material tab. Any correspondence related to the 1260H List must be emailed to osd.pentagon.ousd-a-s.list.1260h-list@mail.mil.

91 FR 72536