This information was initially released on Telegram in April 2016 when Chinese whistleblowers obtained this data from a server-based in Shanghai.
The data has now been released onto the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China that consists of 150 legislators throughout the world. The group had been founded in September 2020. Several other news agencies like De Standaard in Belgium, The Australian, The Sunday Mail in the UK also covered this leak.
Whilst CCP spokespersons claimed that their members work for these companies and consulates solely for career choices, experts believe that at least a small fraction of this enormous number of CCP members has to be spying for the party. That means well around a dozen spies in most major companies with international reach.