China offers rewards for reporting rare earth export control violations

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China has introduced new rewards for companies and individuals who report violations of rare earth and strategic mineral export controls. This action follows confirmed detentions of Japanese nationals in China for alleged attempts to smuggle rare earth-related goods, highlighting Beijing's intensified enforcement on strategic mineral exports.

Beijing is sharpening the tools it uses to police rare earth and other strategic mineral exports, announcing fresh measures that will reward companies and individuals for reporting suspected violations. The announcement came on Wednesday, the same day Tokyo confirmed that two of its nationals had been detained in China over alleged attempts to smuggle rare earth-related goods out of the country. “Any organisation or individual has the right to report conduct suspected of violating relevant laws...