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The US Department of Defense's 1260H list adjustment: Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. and CXMT have been removed
According to foreign media reports, recently, the US Department of Defense completed the revision and update of the 1260H list established based on the "2021 Fiscal Year National Defense Authorization Act". Two domestic core storage chip enterprises, Changtong Memory (YMTC) and Changxin Memory (CXMT), were officially removed from this list, marking an important policy change that has drawn global attention in the semiconductor industry chain recently. 
The 1260H list is maintained by the US Department of Defense. Its core purpose is to identify and publicize the "Chinese military enterprises" it deems relevant. The core constraints are focused on federal government procurement and official cooperation restrictions in the United States. Enterprises listed on the list will be regarded by the US government as a supply chain security risk. Not only will they lose direct opportunities for cooperation with the US defense and government systems, but they will also trigger global business clients to actively avoid cooperation out of compliance concerns, significantly suppressing the enterprises' international market expansion and brand reputation. 
From the past history, Changjiang Storage was included in the 1260H list in 2024, while Changxin Storage was added to the list in January 2025. Both enterprises have been on the list for over a year. This removal is a routine adjustment of the list made by the US Department of Defense based on the latest information. It is also a phased result of the long-term compliance communication, legal defense and industry competition between the two enterprises. 
The list adjustment does not imply a complete lifting of restrictions. The core restrictions have not been lifted.
It is important to note that being removed from the 1260H list merely means the removal of the label for government procurement. The restrictions on American technology and markets faced by these two enterprises have not been completely lifted. The core constraints still exist:

The restrictions on the entity list of the Ministry of Commerce remain unchanged.
 
Two enterprises are still on the entity list of the US Department of Commerce. In terms of obtaining key technologies and products such as advanced manufacturing equipment, core components, and industrial software, they still require strict export licenses. The core bottlenecks for technological upgrading and capacity expansion have not been broken. 
The NDAA 5949 procurement ban remains in effect.
According to Section 5949 of the 2023 Fiscal Year National Defense Authorization Act, starting from the end of 2027, the US federal government will completely prohibit the purchase of storage products from two companies. Devices with related chips are also restricted from entering critical systems, and the official US market has been closed for a long time. 
 
The global compliance and prudent attitude is unlikely to be reversed quickly.
 
Large-scale manufacturers in Europe and the United States, as well as multinational distributors, will still be cautious about cooperation due to compliance risk management. It is unlikely to achieve large-scale order fulfillment in the short term.
Compliance pressure has eased, and the process of globalization is about to take a turn for the better.
The positive implications of this adjustment for the domestic storage industry mainly lie in three aspects: 
Removing the "military-related" label has reduced barriers to commercial cooperation.
After the list was removed, the two enterprises were no longer labeled as "national security threats". The concerns of global consumers, industrial, server and other non-governmental sector customers regarding cooperation significantly decreased, clearing key obstacles for business expansion. 
The confidence of the industrial chain has been restored, opening up the international market space.
The global storage market's supply and demand pattern continues to change. The cost and delivery advantages of domestic storage products are obvious. After the compliance pressure is relieved, it is expected to gradually return to the global mainstream supply chain system. 
The industry demonstration effect has emerged, and the compliance defense approach has been verified.
This removal also provides a reference path for other domestic enterprises that have been listed on various US lists, for compliance rectification, legal proceedings, and multi-party communication, and has industry demonstration value. 
The future policies remain uncertain. Long-term autonomy and controllability remain the core.
From the overall framework of the US' technology control over China, the adjustment of the 1260H list is a local and tactical adjustment. The strategic direction of restricting China's semiconductor industry development has not fundamentally changed. Moreover, in this update, a number of Chinese enterprises were still newly included, including Alibaba, Baidu, BYD, Speedtronic, TPLink, etc. Therefore, whether the list will change again in the future and whether other control measures will be intensified still remain uncertain. 
For Changjiang Storage and Changxin Storage, the core tasks at this stage remain to stabilize production capacity, deepen technological research and development, and expand diversified markets. While alleviating external compliance pressures, they should continuously enhance their ability of self-reliance and controllability, and reduce their reliance on a single market and external technologies. 
Overall, this 1260H list adjustment represents an important and positive signal in the development of China's storage industry. However, it is not the "end point", but rather a new starting point for steadily advancing globalization and autonomy in a complex international industrial environment.

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