FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that risks the government of China poses to U.S. national and economic security are “upon us now”—and that U.S. critical infrastructure is a prime target.

The threat is partially “driven by the CCP’s aspirations to wealth and power.”

China wants to “seize economic development in the areas most critical to tomorrow’s economy,” even if doing so requires theft. The Chinese government has tried to pilfer “intellectual property, technology, and research” from nearly every industry in the U.S. economy, he noted. 

The Chinese government has insinuated malware into U.S. water treatment plants, transportation systems, the electrical grid, natural gas pipelines and telecommunications systems to "inflict a real-world harm at a time and place of their choosing"