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Masterclass • Live Webinar • July 29

How China’s New Counter-Sanctions Program is Impacting Due Diligence and Compliance: Inside State Council Decrees 834 and 835

China’s counter-sanctions regime has moved from policy signal to operational reality. Decrees 834 and 835 are changing how multinational companies think about sanctions compliance, supply chain visibility, and in-country diligence. Learn what changed, what didn’t, and what teams should do now.

July 29, 2026
45 min
Free to Attend

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The Problem

If your program still relies on supplier visits, in-country questionnaires, audits, or local investigators within China, the risk profile of that work has changed.

The recent State Council Decree 834 puts supply-chain inquiries in China under national security rules. Decree 835 authorizes retaliation over foreign sanctions enforcement and similar measures, extending to both governments and private companies. On top of that, teams still need to know who is in the supply chain, who owns them, and where state-linked, sanctions, or forced-labor exposure sits.

What You’ll Learn

  • What Decrees 834 and 835 Do in Plain English The distinction between them and why it matters for private companies operating across compliance, legal, and supply chain functions.
  • Which Diligence Activities Are Getting Riskier Where the immediate risk sits for private companies and which approaches remain viable.
  • How to Identify State-Linked Exposure in Your Supply Chain Practical methods for mapping state-owned and state-linked entity exposure.
  • Why Registry-Based Visibility Matters More Now How ownership data, customs records, and court filings sourced outside China support defensible diligence.

Featured Speakers

Emily Alexander
Emily Alexander
Deputy General Counsel
Regulatory lead focused on what Orders 834 and 835 do, how the first enforcement actions matter, and what changes for compliance teams navigating the new risk environment for in-country diligence and supply chain work.
Colby Potter
Colby Potter
Principal Tradecraft Analyst
Practitioner perspective on how these developments affect sanctions and supply chain visibility workflows. Brings operational insight into how teams can maintain defensible diligence without creating new on-the-ground risk inside China.
Paul Hoffer
Paul Hoffer
Political & Compliance Advisor
Guiding the discussion from legal change to practical implications, drawing out the details that matter most to compliance, legal, and supply chain teams working with China-connected counterparties.
Noah Lachs
Noah Lachs
Customer Success Manager
Connecting the regulatory shift to day-to-day practice, focused on what compliance and supply chain teams should review first as the operating environment for China diligence changes.

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