Agencies

Beijing, November 06:

A spy for the Chinese ministry of state security has been convicted by a federal jury of plotting to steal trade secrets from several US aviation and aerospace companies, the justice department said on Friday.

Going back as far as 2013, Yanjun was accused of using multiple aliases to carry out economic espionage and steal trade secrets on behalf of China. Multiple US aviation and aerospace companies, including GE Aviation, a unit of General Electric Co, were his targets, the release said.