USCIRF Releases New Policy Update on China

USCIRF Releases New Policy Update on China

Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:

China Policy Update – This report provides an overview of U.S. policy on religious freedom and human rights in China, the U.S. government’s technology policy and China’s human rights abuses, and China’s transnational repression and malign political influence in the United States. It concludes with specific recommendations for steps the U.S. government can take to further elevate religious freedom and other human rights matters in its policy toward China.

In its 2023 Annual Report, USCIRF recommended that the U.S. Department of State redesignate China as a “country of particular concern,” or CPC, for engaging in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom. This past October, USCIRF authored an op-ed highlighting China’s political interference through lobbying in the U.S. Congress. In May, USCIRF held a hearing on transnational repression and religious freedom.

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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is an independent, bipartisan federal government entity established by the U.S. Congress to monitor, analyze, and report on religious freedom abroad. USCIRF makes foreign policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress intended to deter religious persecution and promote freedom of religion and belief. To interview a commissioner, please contact USCIRF at [email protected].