[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 13 (Friday, January 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6729-6730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01276]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11330]


Notice of Department of State Sanctions Actions on Hong Kong 
Normalization

SUMMARY: The Secretary of State has imposed sanctions on fourteen 
individuals pursuant to Executive Order 13936, the President's 
Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization.

DATES: The Secretary of State's determination regarding the fourteen 
individuals identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section was 
effective on December 7, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Taylor Ruggles, Director, Office of 
Economic Sanctions Policy and Implementation, Bureau of Economic and 
Business Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, tel.: 
(202) 647-7677, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 4(a)(iii)(A) of E.O. 
13936 the

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Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 
or the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State may authorize blocking of all property or interests in property 
that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United 
States, or that are in or hereafter come within the possession or 
control of any United States person, of any foreign person upon 
determining that the person is or has been a leader or official of any 
entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, or whose 
members have engaged in, developing, adopting, or implementing the Law 
of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in 
the Hong Kong Administrative Region (the ``National Security Law'').
    The Secretary of State has determined, pursuant to section 
4(a)(iii)(A) of E.O. 13936, that Wang Chen, Cao Jianming, Zhang 
Chunxian, Shen Yueyue, Ji Bingxuan, Arken Imirbaki, Wan Exiang, Chen 
Du, Wang Dongming, Padma Choling, Ding Zhongli, Hao Mingjin, Cai 
Dafeng, and Wu Weihua, are or have been leaders or officials of an 
entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, or whose 
members have engaged in, developing, adopting, or implementing, the 
National Security Law, and has approved the Department of Treasury 
adding them to the Specially Designated and Blocked Persons List (SDN 
List). All property and interests in property subject to U.S. 
jurisdiction of these individuals are blocked, and U.S. persons are 
generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

Peter Haas,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2021-01276 Filed 1-21-21; 8:45 am]
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