Corporations that the Pentagon has designated as “Chinese military companies” have spent roughly $7.9 million influencing U.S. policy this year, with their expenditures roughly doubling each quarter, a Washington Examiner analysis has found .

To be designated as a Chinese military company, the Department of War must determine that a given entity is either controlled by the Chinese military or that it plays a role in the Chinese Communist Party’s “military-civil fusion” strategy by helping the People’s Liberation Army develop technology or serving as a defense contractor. Corporations bearing this designation spent about $1.2 million on lobbying during the first quarter of this year, $2.4 million during the second quarter, and $4.3 million in the third quarter.

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