Government Engagement, Support of Chinese Partner Key to Navigating China's Cybersecurity Review

Amidst growing tensions with the United States and its allies, China has enacted a cybersecurity review regime that puts foreign companies in the authorities' crosshairs. For foreign suppliers of network products and services such as Qualcomm and Microsoft, the vaguely defined review process threatens to derail their business with Chinese customers and jeopardize future transactions, but lawyers say they can minimize disruption through engagement with the authorities and the support of their Chinese counterparties.