| AHF |
Anhydrous Hydrogen Fluoride
(Hydrofluoric Acid, precursor to Saran). |
| APMT |
Asia-Pacific Mobile Telecommunications (China) |
| ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Method |
| BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
| BXA |
Bureau of Export Affairs, Commerce Department |
| CASC |
China Aerospace Corporation |
| CEQ |
Council on Environmental Quality |
| CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
| CGWIC |
China Great Wall Industry Corporation |
| CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency |
| CITIC |
China International Trust and Investment Corporation |
| CIV |
Civilian Transfer License, Replaced GLX |
| CMC |
Central Military Council (China) |
| COCOM |
Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Controls |
| COSCO |
China Ocean Shipping Company |
| COSTIND |
Commission of Science, Technology, and Industry for
National Defense (China) |
| CRS |
Congressional Research Service |
| CTBT |
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty |
| CWC |
Chemical Weapons Convention |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
| EO |
Executive Order |
| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| GAO |
General Accounting Office of the United States |
| GLX |
General License Transfer |
| HKBA |
Hong Kong Bank of Australia |
| HPC |
High Performance Computers |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| ICBM |
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles |
| KMI |
Key Management Infrastructure |
| MCC |
Multinational Counter-Narcotics Center |
| MFN |
Most Favored Nation |
| MOFTEC |
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation
(China) |
| MRBM |
Medium Range Ballistic Missiles |
| MTCR |
Missile Technology Control Regime |
| MTOPS |
Millions of Theoretical Operations Per Second |
| NEPA |
National Environmental Protection Agency |
| NOCINCO |
North Chemical Industries Corporation (China) |
| NPT |
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty |
| OSMRE |
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement |
| PLA |
People’s Liberation Army (China) |
| PLC |
Pre-License Check |
| PRC |
People’s Republic of China |
| POW/MIA |
Prisoners of War / Missing In Action |
| SAFE |
Security and Freedom Through Encryption Act |
| SBA |
Small Business Administration |
| SDH |
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy |
| WMD |
Weapons of Mass Destruction |