; Whereas Article 31 of the Encryption Law provides for government inspections of commercial encryption that, when used in concert with other laws and regulations, could result in full access of encrypted servers and decryption keys by the CCP; Whereas several provisions in the Ministry of Public Security Regulation on Internet Security Supervision and Inspection give security organs the right to conduct onsite and remote inspections of company networks—including technical aspects of its operations and the data and information stored on its servers—and allows authorities to copy any information on corporate servers; Whereas these and other laws, regulations, and standards combined with the Internet+ initiative, the social credit system for individuals and companies, and other industrial and sector-specific plans form the foundation for the PRC’s authoritarian digital governance model that it is aggressively exporting around the world; Whereas the PRC’s authoritarian model puts absolute control of the digital economy, including its hardware, software, algorithms, encryption, data, and other proprietary information, into the hands of the CCP, removing any semblance of privacy; and Whereas General Secretary Xi Jinping has said high-end technology is the weapon of a modern country and the CCP has clearly demonstrated its ambition to attack global markets with its products and services to make the world safe for its authoritarian model and dependent on its technologies: Now, therefore, be it