diff --git a/evalharness/agent/envs/swe_agentic.py b/evalharness/agent/envs/swe_agentic.py
index 5ee0245..701fb12 100644
--- a/evalharness/agent/envs/swe_agentic.py
+++ b/evalharness/agent/envs/swe_agentic.py
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ class SWEAgenticEnvironment(Environment):
         r = _docker(['run', '-d', '--name', name,
                      '-w', '/testbed',
                      '-e', 'PAGER=cat', '-e', 'MANPAGER=cat',
+                     # CN pip mirror: pypi.org is unreachable from this
+                     # host's containers (agent `pip install` hit 600s
+                     # timeouts); tuna downloads the same package in ~7s
+                     '-e', 'PIP_INDEX_URL=https://pypi.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/simple',
                      '-e', 'LESS=-R', '-e', 'PIP_PROGRESS_BAR=off',
                      '-e', 'TQDM_DISABLE=1',
                      image, 'tail', '-f', '/dev/null'], timeout=120)