US Sanctions Chinese People, Companies Sending Weapons Parts to North Korea

The Office of Foreign Assets Control this week sanctioned a network of people and companies in China involved in procuring items for North Korea’s weapons programs, which the country is using to provide missiles to Russia’s military. OFAC said North Korea is relying on this Chinese network to buy foreign-sourced materials and parts that it can’t produce domestically. The companies “consolidate and repackage items for onward shipment” to North Korea, the agency said, and hide the “true end-user” from the manufacturers and distributors of those items.

The designations target Shi Qianpei, Du Jiaxin, Wang Dongliang, Chen Tianxin, Shi Anhui and Han Dejian for helping to procure items for North Korea, including electronic devices and metal sheets used to make missiles. Shi Qianpei uses Beijing Sanshunda Electronics Science and Technology Co., Ltd.; Qidong Hengcheng Electronics Factory; and Shenzhen City Mean Well Electronics Co., Ltd to procure the items. OFAC also sanctioned Beijing Jinghua Qidi Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. for being owned by Chen Tianxin, and Yidatong Tianjin Metal Materials Co. for being used by Han Dejian to send metal alloys to North Korea.