Universities and colleges owned by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China

The Seven Sons of National Defence are technically the seven Chinese national public research universities affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China. They are widely believed to have close scientific research partnerships and projects with the People’s Liberation Army. Universities The universities of the Seven Sons of National Defence include: Beihang University in Haidian, Beijing Beijing Institute of Technology in Haidian, Beijing Harbin Engineering University in Harbin, Heilongjiang Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin, Heilongjiang Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Nanjing, Jiangsu Nanjing University of Science and Technology in Nanjing, Jiangsu Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi'an, Shaanxi Overview Three quarters of university graduates recruited by defense related state-owned enterprises in China come from the Seven Sons. The Seven Sons devote at least half of their research budgets to military products. According to the Hoover Institution, the Seven Sons "operate as prime pathways for harvesting US research and diverting it to military applications."