Refers to Chinas lifting machine that threatens the United States to strengthen

(Washington Composite Electric) U.S. President Biden signed an administrative order on Wednesday to give the Ministry of Land and Security greater power to strengthen the network security of the US port. In particular, measures should be taken to respond to the safety risks of the existing Chinese cranes in the port.The United States will also invest in domestic port infrastructure and introduce reliable foreign crane manufacturers.

The White House responsible for the network and emerging technologies, the national security deputy consultant, Newberg announced at a briefing on Wednesday (February 21) that Biden signed a new administrative order on the same day to strengthen the Ministry of Land and Security to directly resolve the threat of maritime network security threats.Power, and stipulates that any network incident or network threats that threaten ships, ports or seaside facilities must be reported to ensure the security of the US port and system.

The administrative order gives the United States Coast Guard to respond to malicious network activities, including limiting ship movements that have known or potential network threats, requiring facilities to correct the bad network situation that may endanger the safety of the port, check the ship or the seaside facilitiesNetwork system, etc.

The Coast Guard will also have the right to issue compulsory maritime security instructions, and even move the network risk management measures of China cranes in the US port.Relevant regulations will publicly seek public opinion, and the consultation period will be on April 22 this year.

The United States also plans to invest 20 billion US dollars (about S $ 26.8 billion) in the next five years to increase the infrastructure of the country's port, which is part of the Bayeng government's "Investing In American" policy.According to the plan, Paceco Corp, the US subsidiary of Mitsui ES, will cooperate with other trusted companies to make machinery in the United States, allowing the United States to restore production port cranes after 30 years.

China -made cranes account for nearly 80 % of them can be remote control and programming

Fan En, commander of the United States Coast Guard Network Command, said at the briefing that more than 200 cranes used in ports in the United States were made in China, accounting for nearly 80 % of the total.He said: "According to the design, these cranes can be remotely controlled, maintained, and programmed. Such a characteristic may make Chinese -made heavy machines vulnerable to use."

Newberg said that the US port supports the employment of 31 million people, injecting US $ 504 billion into the US economy each year. The security operation of the port is important to the national economy and security.

She pointed out that the new administrative order focuses on ensuring the purchase of trusted cranes in the US port and brought the relevant manufacturing industry back to the United States.Officials do not require ports to demolish Chinese cranes, but they must meet the minimum network security standards and ensure the safety of existing infrastructure.

Chrustefray, director of the US Federal Investigation Agency, recently pointed out that China has implanted malware inside the important infrastructure of the United States, and has a larger scale than before.China claims that this is an unreasonable blanket and shows that it resolutely oppose any form of cyber attacks.