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Poland is set to review amendments to its National Cybersecurity System law as pressure mounts from the US to block Chinese technology firms, including Huawei, from participating in critical digital infrastructure projects, the TVP World broadcaster reported Thursday.

The legislation, awaiting President Karol Nawrocki's signature, is considered one of the most important bills of the current parliamentary term.

It would expand cybersecurity rules to cover sectors such as information and communications technology management, wastewater services, food distribution, postal services and chemical production.

The law would give authorities the power to designate technology companies as "high-risk vendors," effectively excluding them from public tenders.

Experts said that could prevent Chinese firms such as Huawei and ZTE from participating in digital infrastructure projects.

"In 2025, we recorded 272,000 cybersecurity incidents — more than double the number in 2024. That’s why we need to strengthen the National Cybersecurity Network," Dariusz Standerski, deputy minister of Digital Affairs, told the Wirtualna Polska news outlet.

US officials have repeatedly raised the issue in discussions with their Polish counterparts, according to an anonymous government source cited by Wirtualna Polska, who said nearly all recent meetings included questions about the future of the cybersecurity law.

The US has also moved to restrict Huawei and ZTE because of national security concerns, banning their equipment from federal networks and funding the removal of Chinese-made telecom gear.

At the same time, Chinese officials are reportedly applying behind-the-scenes pressure. Beijing has indicated that the resumption of Polish poultry exports, which have been delayed for years, could depend on Nawrocki's decision on the law.

An anonymous government source told Wirtualna Polska that the Agriculture Ministry had planned to send the first shipment of poultry to China in December.

"Of course, it didn’t—and won’t—as the Chinese made that quite clear," said the source.

The president now faces a strategic choice between aligning with Washington or risking economic retaliation from Beijing, according to the broadcaster.