Overview

• Rubio signed off on a recommendation to the Treasury Department last month to open an Office of Foreign Assets Control inquiry into Harvard’s activities.
• The investigation centers on a joint program launched in 2019 by Harvard, the World Bank, and China’s National Health Insurance Administration.
• A Chinese government website shows XPCC representatives attended the 2023 session of the training course, three years after US sanctions targeted the group.
• Harvard has launched an internal review of its role in the conference but has not released any findings or detailed its scope.
• Treasury and State Department spokespeople declined to comment and experts say sanctions investigations can stretch for months or years with penalties up to significant fines.