The security bosses accused Beijing of a vast, enduring effort to steal Western advances in technology, research and other sectors as well as to use the West's democratic, media and legal systems to their own advantage.
"The most game-changing challenge we face comes from the Chinese Communist Party," Mr McCallum said, speaking to an audience of executives from technology companies and other officials invited to the joint talk at Thames House on Wednesday.
"It's covertly applying pressure across the globe. This might feel abstract. But it's real and it's pressing. We need to talk about it. We need to act."Mr McCallum said MI5 had more than doubled what he described as his service's"previously constrained effort" against"Chinese activity of concern" since 2018 and is running seven times as many investigations.
"We plan to grow as much again, while also maintaining significant effort against Russian and Iranian covert threats," he said.
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