China Academy of Engineering Physics

China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP) (Chinese: 中国工程物理研究院, nicknamed 九院) was founded in October 1958. The CAEP is China's organization conducting the research, development, and testing of nuclear weapons and related science. Formerly called the Ninth Institute, CAEP was initially located in Beijing. Major components of its nuclear program were relocated to Qinghai Province in the 1950s. After China's first nuclear test in 1964, major components of the CAEP and China's nuclear weapons research, development, and production were moved to Sichuan Province to avoid detection by foreign powers.[1] The academy was formerly named the Ninth Academy (or Institute) of the Second Ministry of Machine Industry. It was renamed the China (or Chinese) Academy of Engineering Physics in the 1980s.[2][3][4] CAEP has been on the United States Department of Commerce's Entity List since 1997.[5]

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  2. ^ Lewis, John W. (August 1, 1988). China Builds the Bomb (Studies in Intl Security and Arm Control). ISBN 978-0804718417.
  3. ^ Goertz, Bill (February 5, 2013). The China Threat: How the People's Republic Targets America. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1621571155.
  4. ^ "中国工程物理研究院 (China Academy of Engineering Physics website". Archived from the original on 2017-11-25. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  5. ^ Lin, Liza; Strumpf, Dan (January 29, 2023). "China's Top Nuclear-Weapons Lab Used American Computer Chips Decades After Ban". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2023-01-30.