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Specially Designated Nationals List
The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, also known as the SDN List, is a United States government sanctions/embargo measure targeting U.S.-designated terrorists, officials and beneficiaries of certain authoritarian regimes, and international criminals (e.g. drug traffickers). The list is administered by the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). When individuals are added to the list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN), their U.S. assets are blocked. Moreover, their names are added to automated screening systems used by banks in the United States and many foreign countries, making it difficult for them to open or hold accounts, transfer money, or transact properties internationally. Any individual or entity that provides support related to terrorism, drug trafficking or unauthorized military use to any person or entity appearing on the SDN list risks being penalized under the USA PATRIOT Act. The SDN list contains tens of thousands of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OFAC Azza Air
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is a financial intelligence and enforcement agency of the United States Treasury Department. It administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions in support of U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives. Under presidential national emergency powers, OFAC carries out its activities against foreign governments, organizations (including terrorist groups and drug cartels), and individuals deemed a threat to U.S. national security. Founded in 1950 as the Division of Foreign Assets Control, since 2004 OFAC has operated under the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence within the Treasury Department. It is primarily composed of intelligence targeters and lawyers. While many of OFAC's targets are broadly set by the White House, most individual cases are developed as a result of investigations by OFAC's Office of Global Targeting (OGT).Yukhananov, Anna, and Warren Strobel"After Success on Iran, U.S. Treasury's Sanctions Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politburo Of The Chinese Communist Party
The Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is the executive committee of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Currently, the bureau is a group of 24 top officials who oversee the party and central government. The politburo is headed by the general secretary. Unlike the politburos of other communist parties, the CCP Politburo subdelegates many of its powers to the smaller Politburo Standing Committee. The Politburo is elected by the Central Committee. In practice, however, scholars of Chinese elite politics believe that the Politburo is a self-perpetuating body, with new members of both the Politburo and its Standing Committee chosen through a series of deliberations by current Politburo members and retired Politburo Standing Committee members. The current and former Politburo members conduct a series of informal straw polls to determine the group's level of support f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hao Mingjin
Hao Mingjin ( zh , c = 郝明金 , p = Hǎo Míngjīn ; born December 1956), a native of Jiaxiang, Shandong, is a Chinese politician who is a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and chairman of the China National Democratic Construction Association. Biography Shandong Hao Mingjin began working in December 1971 as a newspaper clerk at the Heze District Post and Telegraph Bureau in Shandong Province. In February 1974, he took the same role at the Liangshan County Post and Telegraph Bureau before returning to the Heze District Post and Telegraph Bureau in December 1975. In October 1978, he pursued further studies in the Department of History at Shandong Normal University. By September 1982, he was enrolled in the Department of World History at Northeast Normal University, where he pursued a master's degree. After earning his degree, he joined the Department of Law at Shandong University in July 1985 as a teacher. In September 1987, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ding Zhongli
Ding Zhongli (; born 14 January 1957) is a Chinese geologist and officeholder, who is the chairman of the China Democratic League and a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. Biography Ding was born in Shengzhou, Zhejiang in January 1957. He received a bachelor of science with a major in geochemistry from Zhejiang University in 1982. He received a master of science and a doctor of science in paleontology and stratigraphy from the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1982 and 1985, respectively. Ding's research mainly focuses on the Neogene eolian sediments and ancient climate. He is the current director-general of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is also the vice president of the Chinese Society for Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry. In December 2005, Ding was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In January 2008, he was appointed the vice president of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padma Choling
Padma Choling (; alternatively Pema Thinley, Pelma Chiley, Baima Chilin; zh , s = 白玛赤林; born October 1952) is a Chinese retired politician of Tibetan ethnicity. He was the eighth chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), but in January 2013, was replaced by his deputy Losang Jamcan. Later he served as the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress. As Chairman of TAR, Choling was the "most senior ethnic Tibetan in the regional government", though he was subordinate to the TAR Communist Party Chief Zhang Qingli, and later his successor Chen Quanguo. Biography Padma Choling was born in 1952 in a farming family in Dêngqên County, Chamdo Prefecture. He joined the People's Liberation Army in Qinghai Province at 17, and served in the army for seventeen years. In the army he played basketball and mastered the Chinese language. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in October 1970. He was an official in the Tibetan regional government since December 1969, working in X ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Zhu
Chen Zhu (; born August 17, 1953) is a Chinese hematologist and molecular biologist who has served as the president of the Red Cross Society of China from 2015 to 2024. He previously served as vice chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee from 2013 to 2023, chairman of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party Central Committee from 2012 to 2022, president of the Chinese Medical Association from 2010 to 2015, Minister of Heath from 2007 to 2013, and vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 2000 to 2007. In the academia, he is academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, foreign fellow of the Royal Society, foreign member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, and foreign member of the French Academy of Sciences. He also holds a professorship at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Biography Chen was born in Shanghai in August 1953 and his ancestral hometown is Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. Che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cao Jianming
Cao Jianming (; born September 24, 1955, in Shanghai) is a Chinese retired politician who served as a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2018 to 2023. Previously, he was the procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate. Biography He received his LL.B and LL.M degrees from East China University of Political Science and Law in 1983 and 1986. After graduation, Cao joined the faculty of the same university. He was the President of this university from 1997 to 1999 and became the President of the National Judges College in 1999. He studied in Ghent University in Ghent, Belgium, in Europe from 1989 to 1990. Cao was appointed Vice President of the Supreme People's Court in 1999. On March 16, 2008, Cao was elected procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate. He was elected as the Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in March 2018. Cao was a member of the 17th, 18th, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice Chairman Of The Standing Committee Of The National People's Congress
The vice chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress are deputies to the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, responsible for assisting the chairman in his work. The vice chairpersons are formally nominated by the Presidium of the National People's Congress, Presidium of the NPC during a session and approved by the delegations of the NPC, though in reality are chosen within the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The chairman, vice chairpersons and the Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, secretary-general of the NPCSC collectively constitute the Council of Chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Council of Chairpersons. A vice chairperson may be delegated to exercise some of the chairman's powers by the chairman. In the case that the chairman becomes incapacitated, NPCSC temp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cai Dafeng
Cai Dafeng (; born 1960) is a Chinese politician and architect currently serving as chairperson of the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy (2017–present) and Vice Chairperson of the 13th National People's Congress Standing Committee (2018–present). Life and career Cai was born in Shanghai in 1960. From 1978 to 1985 he was educated at Tongji University, majoring in architecture, where he graduated in 1985 and obtained a master's degree. In the same year he became a cadre in Shanghai Museum. In February 1987, he studied for a doctorate degree in architecture at Tongji University. In October 1990, he served as a lecturer in the Department of Architecture of Tongji University. In September 1993, he served successively as associate professor, professor, associate dean and dean of the Department of Culture and Museology of Fudan University. He joined the China Association for Promoting Democracy in February 1995. In July 1999, he served as Director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Shangfu
Li Shangfu (; born February 1958) is a Chinese aerospace engineer and former military administrator. He served as the 13th Minister of National Defense and as State Councillor of China from March to October 2023. Li joined the People's Liberation Army (PLA) as a technician at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in 1982. He spent 31 years working at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, including 10 years as the center director. Li Shangfu served as deputy director of the PLA General Armaments Department from 2014 to 2016 and director of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission (CMC) from 2017 to 2022. He was conferred the rank of General in July 2019 and was appointed as a member of the CMC in October 2022. He was appointed as the 13th Minister of National Defense and as State Councillor in March 2023. In August 2023, Li disappeared from public view and was then removed from office on October 24, 2023. He is both the shortest-serving Minister of Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Front Work Department
The United Front Work Department (UFWD) is a department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tasked with " united front work". It gathers intelligence on, manages relations with, and attempts to gain influence over elite individuals and organizations inside and outside mainland China, including in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and in other countries. The UFWD focuses its work on people or entities that are outside the CCP, especially in the overseas Chinese diaspora, who hold political, commercial, religious, or academic influence, or who represent interest groups. Through its efforts, the UFWD seeks to ensure that these individuals and groups are supportive of or useful to CCP interests and that potential critics remain divided. History The United Front Work Department was created during the Chinese Civil War, and was reestablished in 1979 under paramount leader Deng Xiaoping. Since 2012, the role and scope of the UFWD has expanded and intensified under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Quan
You Quan (; born January 1954) is a Chinese retired politician who was the head of the United Front Work Department and a secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party from 2017 to 2022. He previously served as Party Secretary of Fujian and chairman of Fujian People's Congress. Early life and education You Quan was born in Beijing, but by Chinese convention he is considered a native of his ancestral home Lulong County, Hebei province. He attended Renmin University and graduated with a degree in economic planning in 1984. He also has a master's degree in economics from Renmin University which he received in 1987. Political career You entered the work force in September 1969, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in March 1973. Starting in June 1995 he worked in the State Council of China, rising through the ranks to become chairman of the State Electricity Regulatory Commission in December 2006. In March 2008, he became a Deputy Secretary-General of the State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
