The U.S. Treasury Department announced on January 15 that in response to the arrest of more than 50 pro-democracy activists by Hong Kong police last week, the United States will impose sanctions on six Chinese officials, including Deputy Director of the Office of State Security in Hong Kong Sun Qingye, 13th NPC Standing Committee member Tam Yiu-chung, Hong Kong Police Force National Security Division Director Choi Chin-pang, Assistant National Security Division Director Kan Kai-yan and Jiang Xue-li, and Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Central United Front Work Department Minister You Quan. Among them, as the Minister of the United Front Work Department, You Quan is the first of the top five Communist Party Central Committee functionaries involved in Hong Kong issues to be sanctioned by the United States.
You Quan is said to be familiar with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan affairs, and he has vigorously promoted all-round cooperation between Fujian and Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau during his tenure as Party Secretary of Fujian Province, and established a new mechanism of high-level meetings such as the “Fujian-Hong Kong Cooperation Conference,” which is believed to be the main factor for his selection to take over the United Front Work Department.
You Quan, who will turn 67 this year, was born in Beijing and is originally from Lulong County, Hebei Province. He joined the Communist Party of China in March 1973 and joined the workforce in September 1969. He earned a master’s degree from Renmin University of China in 1987 and stayed there to teach. After that, he worked in the State Planning Commission and the General Office of the State Council in macroeconomics policy research.
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