Where Germany uses surveillance technology from Chinese manufacturers

Berlin Since the beginning of the Ukraine war, concerns about Germany’s critical infrastructure have increased – and now another danger is becoming clear. The federal government has even sensitive areas monitored with security technology from companies that have close ties to the Chinese state and, if requested, work closely with the regime and may have to pass on collected data.

This emerges, among other things, from a response from the Federal Ministry of the Interior by department head Nancy Faeser (SPD) to a parliamentary question from the Union parliamentary group, which is available to the Handelsblatt. According to this, surveillance cameras from the Chinese manufacturers Hikvision and Dahua are also used for critical infrastructures such as airports and train stations, “insofar as federal agencies operate their own video surveillance systems here”. The technology from China is also used in the federal ministries and their subordinate authorities.