Washington DC, June 9 -- Well-known Chinese companies, including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., BYD Co., and Baidu Inc., are added to the US Department of Defense list as "Chinese military companies."

The announcement, posted to the Federal Register on Monday, updates the roster of entities believed by the United States government to aid the People's Liberation Army.

With this latest update, the US Department of Defense designated more than 100 companies of Chinese firms as "Chinese military companies" under Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act.

Other notable companies on the list are CATL, Tencent, Huawei, DJI, TP-Link, Unitree, Hikvision, COSCO Shipping, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, CNOOC, China State Sh...