; and (B) to foster attitudes, behavior, decisions, or outcomes in the United States that support the interests of the Government of the People’s Republic of China or the Communist Party of China. 3. Statement of policy (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Government of China and the Communist Party of China employ a wide range of political, informational, and economic measures to influence, coerce, intimidate, or undermine the United States interests or the interests of United States partners and allies. (2) The December 2017 National Security Strategy of the United States of America states, Although the United States seeks to continue to cooperate with China, China is using economic inducements and penalties, influence operations, and implied military threats to persuade other states to heed its political and security agenda. (3) The political influence operations efforts of the Government of China and the Communist Party of China have received less scrutiny than the efforts of the Government of the Russian Federation, but given China’s economic strength and the growing apparatus being used to spread its influence globally, efforts to promote its authoritarian ideal pose significant and consequential long-term challenges to United States interests and values. (4) The Government of China and the Communist Party of China use both overt and covert means to target the political and economic elite, the media and public opinion, civil society and academia, and members of the Chinese diaspora. (5) The Government of China and the Communist Party of China employ an array of government entities, friendship and exchange organizations, and government-funded foundations, think tanks, educational and other projects to carry out political influence operations, which is often referred to as united front work. (6) These political influence operations violate national sovereignty, and as such, are fundamentally different from traditional efforts by states to shape international policy debates and improve their