Sec. 513. POLICY REGARDING THE CONDITIONS WHICH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA SHOULD MEET TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE NONDISCRIMINATORY MOST-FAVORED-NATION TREATMENT

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## SEC. 513 POLICY REGARDING THE CONDITIONS WHICH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA SHOULD MEET TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE NONDISCRIMINATORY MOST-FAVORED-NATION TREATMENT ###

(a)Findings The Senate makes the following findings: ####

(1)In an Executive Order of May 28, 1993, the President established conditions for renewal of most-favored-nation

(MFN)status for the People's Republic of China in 1994.68 68Executive Order 12850 (58 F.R. 31327). For text, see *Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 1993*, vol. III. ####

(2)The Executive Order requires that in making a recommendation about the further extension of MFN status to China, the Secretary of State shall not recommend extension unless the Secretary determines that— #####

(A)extension will substantially promote the freedom of emigration objectives of section 402 of the Trade Act of 1974; and #####

(B)China is complying with the 1992 bilateral agreement between the United States and China concerning prison labor. ####

(3)The Executive Order further requires that in making a recommendation, the Secretary of State shall determine whether China has made overall, significant progress with respect to— #####

(A)taking steps to begin adhering to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; #####

(B)releasing and providing an acceptable accounting for Chinese citizens imprisoned or detained for the non-violent expression of their political and religious beliefs, including such expression of religious beliefs in connection with the Democracy Wall and Tiananmen Square movements; #####

(C)ensuring humane treatment of prisoners, such as by allowing access to prisons by international humanitarian and human rights organizations; #####

(D)protecting Tibet's distinctive religious and cultural heritage; and #####

(E)permitting international radio and television broadcasts into China. ####

(4)The Executive Order further requires the Executive Branch to resolutely pursue all legislative and executive actions to ensure that China abides by its commitments to follow fair, nondiscriminatory trade practices in dealing with United States businesses, and adheres to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the Missile Technology Control Regime guidelines and parameters, and other nonproliferation commitments. ####

(5)The Chinese government should cooperate with international efforts to obtain North Korea's full, unconditional compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. ####

(6)The President has initiated an intensive high-level dialogue with the Chinese government which began last year with a meeting between the Secretary of State and the Chinese Foreign Minister, including a meeting in Seattle between the President and the President of China, meetings in Beijing with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Assistant Secretary for Human Rights and others, a recent meeting in Paris between the Secretary of State and the Chinese Foreign Minister, and recent meetings in Washington with several Under Secretaries and their Chinese counterparts. ####

(7)The President's efforts have led to some recent progress on some issues of concern to the United States. ####

(8)Notwithstanding this, substantially more progress is needed to meet the standards in the President's Executive Order. ####

(9)The Chinese government's overall human rights record in 1993 fell far short of internationally accepted norms as it continued to repress critics and failed to control abuses by its own security forces. ###

(b)Sense of Senate It is the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States should use all appropriate opportunities, in particular more high-level exchanges with the Chinese government, to press for further concrete progress toward meeting the standards for continuation of MFN status as contained in the Executive Order.