Today marks one year since local leaders in Mecosta County made a deal with Gotion, a subsidiary of Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-affiliated Gotion High-Tech, to build a battery component factory. Since September 26, 2022, Gotion has secured over $715 million in tax incentives from the state of Michigan, and officials signed non-disclosure agreements to keep details secret from the public. Congressman John Moolenaar, who represents Mecosta County in the U.S. House of Representatives and serves on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, is opposed to the project. 

“Over the past year, we have learned about the very concerning ties Gotion has with the Chinese Communist Party, including its parent company making products for the Chinese military, and the son of a CCP official leading Gotion’s American operations. The CCP will use any form of leverage it has to pursue its agenda and further its goals against the United States,” said Moolenaar. “The Gotion project is still not in the best interest of Michigan and should be stopped.” 

Moolenaar recently joined Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) in a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to investigate the ownership of Gotion. He also called on the Treasury Department to deny tax credits to CCP-based companies and their subsidiaries.