American prosperity and security are challenged by an economic competition playing out in a broader strategic context ... Every year, competitors such as China steal U.S. intellectual property valued at hundreds of billions of dollars. Stealing proprietary technology and early-stage ideas allows competitors to unfairly tap into the innovation of free societies. Over the years, rivals have used sophisticated means to weaken our businesses and our economy as facets of cyber- enabled economic warfare. - U.S. National Security Strategy (2017)

full report: http://www.defenddemocracy.org/content/uploads/documents/REPORT_China_CEEW.pdf