China Said to Exclude Apple From Procurement List

China’s government excluded Apple Inc. iPads and MacBook laptops from a list of products that can be bought with public money because of security concerns, according to government officials familiar with the matter.

Ten Apple products -- including the iPad, iPad Mini, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro -- were omitted from a final government procurement list distributed in July, according to officials who read it and asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public. The models were on a June version of the list drafted by the National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Finance, the officials said.