Chinese spies are being stationed in some of the largest US companies to steal ‘sensitive information’

China is planting corporate spies at Microsoft and other major US companies in a huge threat to national security, DailyMail.com has revealed.

A new law that came into effect in China on July 1 requires foreign companies in the country with 300 or more employees to appoint an “employee representative” to the board of directors of their Beijing-based subsidiary.

This representative was likely appointed by the CCP to curry favor with the socialist government, a House of Representatives official told DailyMail.com.

And not only that, the representative could serve as “both a disciplinary and intelligence-gathering tool for the Chinese Communist Party.”

One company that could fall under the new law is Microsoft, which has a strong presence in the communist-ruled country.

“Once you’re in the board you get access to all sorts of extremely sensitive information, extremely sensitive decision-making and you can exert significant pressure on the people on the ground in China,” the source told DailyMail.com.

These worker directors could be “activated if necessary” to achieve the CCP’s secret goals, the source said.

Through his role on the board, the presumably CCP-affiliated representative would come into direct contact with key decision-makers in the company and its strategy.

They could then apply pressure to obtain specific employee data, such as addresses and spouse information, the employee added.

A man walks past Microsoft’s local headquarters in Beijing on July 20, 2021, the day after the US accused Beijing of carrying out the cyberattack on Microsoft and charged four Chinese nationals for the “malicious” hack

The House aide stressed that large US multinationals such as Microsoft could be targeted by the new Chinese law

“If one day they want to put pressure on Microsoft or any of the many other multinationals that are active there, they know who to call,” the House source said.

“What they’re going to do is steal all the data, every single piece of data.”

Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

These new board members would be able to take minutes of meetings and report them to the CCP, and they would also be able to force subordinates to take actions in the interests of the party.

The source was particularly concerned about the “bottlenecks” that could be brought to light by these board members.

I don’t want to say how it would help the CCP attract top talent and gain access to sensitive documents, since the member would be able to see ’employee data’.

The reception of a Microsoft office in Beijing, China

“This is their wife. This is where they live. You know, this is where the child goes to school,” the source warned.

“It is an act of slow suicide for all these companies to remain in China in these arrangements. It is malpractice of the highest order and arguably a violation of basic business acumen.”

Apple, Google and Walmart did not immediately respond to requests for comment.