Sec. 3. Statement of policy

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It is the policy of the United States to consider senior officials of the Government of the People’s Republic of China who are responsible for, complicit in, or have directly persecuted Christians in China to have committed— a gross violation of internationally recognized human rights for purposes of imposing sanctions with respect to such officials under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2656 note); and a particularly severe violation of religious freedom for purposes of applying section 212(a)(2)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(G) ) with respect to such officials.

It is the policy of the United States to ensure that trade negotiations with China include religious freedom conditions as mandated by the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 ( 19 U.S.C. 4201 et seq. ). Consistent with section 401 of the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act ( Public Law 114–281 ; 130 Stat. 1436), of the funds available to the Department of State for international religious freedom programs, the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom should support efforts to protect and promote international religious freedom in China and for programs to protect Christians in China and other religious groups.

It is the policy of the United States to continue to redesignate China as a country of particular concern , as long as China continues to engage in systematic and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( Public Law 105–292 ). It is the policy of the United States that the Department of State will host once every two years the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom in order to bring together leaders from around the world to discuss the challenges facing religious freedom, identify means to address religious persecution and discrimination worldwide, and promote great respect for and preservation of religious liberty.

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