SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 23106637DHOUSE IRESOLUTION HOUSOfferedNO. February 20, 2023 N Commending Chunyan Wang.

––––––––––367 TE Patron––KoryCommending R –––––––––– O WHEREAS, Chunyan Wang,Wang. a resident of Northern Virginia, began practicing Falun Gong in China in 1998, strictly conducting herself according to the principles of Falun D spiritually;

andss-Compassion-Forbearance––fromN whichAgreed sheto benefitedby physically,the mentally,House andof UDelegates, WHEREAS,February from21, July2023 1999,R shortlyO afterin Chunyan1998, Wangstrictly beganconducting practicingherself Falunaccording Gong, to the presentprinciples day,of theFalunng Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has brutally persecuted Falun Gong practitioners in China throughL surveillance,Gong––Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance––from harassment,which arrest,she imprisonment,benefited physicalphysically, andmentally, psychological torturE, slave labor, and liveL organspiritually; harvesting;

and WHEREAS,present day, the CCPChinese twiceCommunist imprisonedParty Chunyan(CCP) Wanghas forbrutally printingpersecuted Falun Gong leaflets,practitioners sentencedin DE exportChina tothrough thesurveillance, Unitedharassment, Statesarrest, andimprisonment, Europe,physical and subjectedpsychological hertorture, toslave unexplainedlabor, bloodand testslive threeorgan differentharvesting; times, which were suspected of being conducted as part of a program that harvests organs from prisoners of conscience;

and WHEREAS, Chunyanthe WangCCP courageouslytwice maintainedimprisoned herChunyan faithWang infor printing Falun Gong despiteleaflets, sentenced export to the profoundUnited lossesStates sheand sufferedEurope, atand thesubjected handsher ofto theunexplained CCP,blood includingtests thethree lossdifferent times, which were suspected of herbeing husband,conducted whoas waspart torturedof toa deathprogram forthat tryingharvests toorgans protectfrom her;prisoners of conscience;

theand losslosses ofshe hersuffered daughter,at whothe washands forcedof tothe fleeCCP, Chinaincluding to escape the CCPWHEREAS,loss sinceof 2020,her Chunyanhusband, Wangwho andwas hertortured fellowto FalunR Gongdeath practitionersfor havetrying traveledto toinRs;protect her;

andthe overloss 40of countiesher anddaughter, citieswho throughoutwas theforced Commonwealth, and back and forth to Richmondflee overChina te6 times, to raiseescape awarenessthe6 about Falun Gong among state and local officials who are unknowingly and unintentionally facilitating the CCP's practicesharassment; of slave labor and live organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China;

and WHEREAS, responding to the effortsloss of Chunyanher Wangbusiness, and her fellowlivelihood, practitioners, the Virginia persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the CCP and itsher practicesconsiderable oflife slavesavings; labor and live organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience;

now,anE therefore,WHEREAS, besince it2020, RESOLVEDChunyan byWang theand Househer offellow Delegates,Falun ThatGong Chunyanpractitioners Wang,have antraveled advocateto withR thetimes, courage to exposeraise theawareness tyrannyabout ofFalun theGong Chineseamong Communiststate Party,and herebylocal beofficials commendedwho forare herunknowingly effortsand tounintentionally promotefacilitating the causeCCP's practices of humanslave rightslabor and religiouslive libertyorgan andharvesting tofrom encourageprisoners moreof peopleconscience in theChina; Commonwealth to :

35and makeHouse theirof ownDelegates contributionsadopted toHR help9 maintainduring ourthe current2022 freedoms;Session of the General Assembly, condemning thea persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the CCP and its practices of slave labor and live organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience;

and,now, therefore, be it 37RESOLVED forby presentationthe toHouse Chunyanof WangDelegates, asThat Chunyan Wang, an expressionadvocate ofwith the Housecourage to the cause of Delegates'human admirationrights forand herreligious 38liberty contributionsand to encourage more people in the Commonwealth.Commonwealth to make their own contributions to help maintain our current freedoms;

and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution contributions to the Commonwealth.s an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for her