The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has removed from OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) the name...
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has removed from OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) the names of certain persons whose property and interests in property had been blocked pursuant to Hong Kong sanctions authorities. Additionally, OFAC has transferred names of persons who remain sanctioned under the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, Public Law 116-149 (HKAA), from the SDN List to the Non-SDN Menu Based Sanctions List (NS-MBS List).
DATES:
This action was issued on July 17, 2026. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
for relevant dates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OFAC: Associate Director for Global Targeting, 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Licensing, 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance, 202-622-2490 or
https://ofac.treasury.gov/contact-ofac.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
The SDN List, NS-MBS List, and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available on OFAC's website:
https://ofac.treasury.gov.
Notice of OFAC Actions
A. The national emergency declared in Executive Order (E.O.) 13936 of July 14, 2020, “The President's Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization,” with respect to Hong Kong, was not continued in effect beyond July 14, 2026. Accordingly, the persons listed below, whose property had been blocked solely pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), have been removed from the SDN List, and their property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction are no longer blocked.
Individuals
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B. The following persons were previously designated by the U.S. Department of State pursuant to E.O. 13936 and added to the SDN List. Certain of these persons were included in a report submitted by the Secretary of
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State under section 5(a) of the HKAA, and certain persons were included in reports submitted by the Secretary of State under section 5(e) of the HKAA, in 2020 and 2021. Section 5(a)(2) of the HKAA therefore requires these persons to be subject to the sanctions described in section 6(b) of the HKAA. In light of the termination of the national emergency declared in E.O. 13936, the sanctions prohibitions authorized only by IEEPA have been terminated, while the sanctions prohibitions authorized and required by the HKAA are continuing. Accordingly, all property and interests in property of persons included in reports submitted under section 5(a) and section 5(e) of the HKAA remain blocked, and all transactions with these persons are prohibited, except for the importation of goods. OFAC is therefore moving these persons from the SDN List to the NS-MBS List. The information below reflects the amended entries on the NS-MBS List.
