SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES.
It is the sense of the Congress that any United States
national conducting an industrial cooperation project in
the People’s Republic of China or Tibet should adhere to
the following principles, which shall be known as the
‘‘Harry Wu Principles’’:
(1) Suspend the use of any goods, wares, arti-
cles, or merchandise that the United States national
has reason to believe were mined, produced, or man-
ufactured, in whole or in part, by convict labor or
forced labor; and refuse to use forced labor in the
industrial cooperation project.
(2) Seek to ensure that political or religious
views, sex, ethnic or national background, involve-
ment in political activities or nonviolent demonstra-
tions, or association with suspected or known dis-
sidents will not prohibit hiring, lead to harassment,
demotion, or dismissal, or in any way affect the sta-
tus or terms of employment in the industrial co-
operation project. The United States national should
not discriminate in terms or conditions of employ-
ment in the industrial cooperation project against
persons with past records of arrests or internal exile
for nonviolent protest or membership in unofficial
organizations committed to nonviolence.
(3) Ensure that methods of production used in
the industrial cooperation project do not pose an un-
necessary physical danger to workers and neighbor-
ing populations and property and that the industrial
cooperation project does not unnecessarily risk harm
to the surrounding environment; and consult with
community leaders regarding environmental protec-
tion with respect to the industrial cooperation
project.
(4) Strive to use business enterprises that are
not controlled by the People’s Republic of China or
its authorized agents and departments as potential
partners in the industrial cooperation project.
(5) Prohibit any military presence on the prem-
ises of the industrial cooperation project.
(6) Undertake to promote freedom of associa-
tion and assembly among the employees of the Unit-
ed States national. The United States national
should protest any infringement by the Government
of the People’s Republic of China of these freedoms
to the appropriate authorities of that government
and to the International Labor Organization, which
has an office in Beijing.
(7) Use every possible channel of communica-
tion with the Government of the People’s Republic
of China to urge that government to disclose publicly
a complete list of all those individuals arrested since
March 1989, to end incommunicado detention and
torture, and to provide international observers access
to all places of detention in the People’s Republic of
China and Tibet and to trials of prisoners arrested
in connection with the pro-democracy events of April
through June of 1989 and the pro-democracy dem-
onstrations which have taken place in Tibet since
1987.
(8) Discourage or undertake to prevent compul-
sory political indoctrination programs from taking
place on the premises of the operations of the indus-
trial cooperation project.
(9) Promote freedom of expression, including
the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information
and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either
orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or
through any media. To this end, the United States
national should raise with appropriate authorities of
the Government of the People’s Republic of China
concerns about restrictions on importation of foreign
publications.
(10) Undertake to prevent harassment of work-
ers who, consistent with the United Nations World
Population Plan of Action, decide freely and respon-
sibly the number and spacing of their children; and
prohibit compulsory population control activities on
the premises of the industrial cooperation project.
SEC. 3. PROMOTION OF PRINCIPLES BY OTHER NATIONS.
The Secretary of State shall forward a copy of the
principles set forth in section 2 to the member nations
of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Devel-
opment and encourage them to promote principles similar
to these principles.
SEC. 4. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each United States national con-
ducting an industrial cooperation project in the People’s
Republic of China or Tibet shall register with the Sec-
retary of State and indicate whether the United States
national agrees to implement the principles set forth in
section 2. No fee shall be required for registration under
this subsection.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The registration require-
ment of subsection (a) shall take effect 6 months after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘industrial cooperation project’’
refers to a for-profit activity the business operations
of which employ more than 25 individuals or have
assets greater than $25,000; and
(2) the term ‘‘United States national’’ means—
(A) a citizen or national of the United
States or a permanent resident of the United
States; and
(B) a corporation, partnership, or other
business association organized under the laws
of the United States, any State or territory
thereof, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, or the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands.
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