# China launches first national security probe into imported printing and copying equipment

https://mins.news/en/item/14687

- China News Service, 2026-08-06 02:29 UTC
- Politics
- Original: http://www.ecns.cn/cns-wire/2026-08-06/detail-ihfhziqh0063590.shtml

> China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday that it had opened a national security investigation into imported office equipment. The inquiry concerns devices with printing and copying functions that run foreign system software. The ministry described the move as the country’s first national security investigation in the field of foreign trade.