The US members say that the United States will not invite Li Jiachao to attend the APE

Two US Congress assistants said that the US government will not invite Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao to attend the Asia -Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit (APEC) held in San Francisco in November this year.

According to Reuters, the United States is the host of the APEC Summit this year, and Hong Kong is one of the members of APEC.Beijing implemented the Hong Kong National Security Law in June 2020. The United States imposed sanctions on him on the grounds that Li Jiachao, then director of the Hong Kong Security Agency, played an important role in the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law.

Reuters reported in June that a group of US Republican Senators, including Rubio, sent a letter to the State Department of the United States, calling on Li Jiachao to from the United States to attend the APEC summit.

Washington Post on Thursday (July 27) quoted U.S. officials that the United States decided not to let Li Jiachao attend the APEC summit.The two US Congress assistants confirmed to Reuters on Friday (28th) that the US State Department knew that the US members of the United States Congress and Li Jiachao would not be invited to participate in the APEC summit.

Luberio posted a post on Twitter that it was a "correct" decision even if it cost longer than expected."It should not be entertaining a sanctioner against human rights against Hong Kong people."

The U.S. Treasury Ministry of Finance said in 2020 that Li Jiachao involved in coercion, arrest, seizure or imprisonment to protest against the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law.

In response to the above -mentioned decisions, when the U.S. State Department spokesman was questioned, all APEC members attended the APEC activity "in accordance with US laws and regulations, and based on APEC spirit and principles".

The spokesman said: "We will cooperate with Hong Kong and China to ensure that there are suitable representatives to go to San Francisco to attend the meeting," and said that US President Biden has begun to issue an invitation letter to the APEC Summit participants, but it has not provided further.detail.

The Chinese Embassy in the United States said that Beijing's decision to express strong opposition.Liu Pengyu, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in the United States, said: "This violates the APEC regulations and also violates the commitment made by the United States."It is hoped that during this year's APEC summit, a bilateral meeting was held with Chinese President Xi Jinping.