– having regard to its position of 3 October 2023 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of the Union and its Member States from economic coercion by third countries1, – having regard to its previous resolutions on the human rights situation in China, in particular that of 17 December 2020 on forced labour and the situation of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region2, of 18 April 2019 on China, notably the situation of religious and ethnic minorities3, and of 4 October 2018 on the mass arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and Kazakhs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region4, – having regard to its resolutions of 19 December 2019 on the situation of the Uyghurs in China (China Cables)5, of 5 May 2022 on the reports of continued organ harvesting in China6, of 9 June 2022 on the human rights situation in Xinjiang, including the Xinjiang police files7, and of 15 December 2022 on the Chinese Government crackdown on the peaceful protests across the People’s Republic of China8, – having regard to its previous resolutions and recommendations on Hong Kong, in particular its resolution of 19 June 2020 on the PRC national security law for Hong Kong and the need for the EU to defend Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy9, and its recommendation of 13 December 2017 to the Council, the Commission and the VicePresident of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on Hong Kong, 20 years after handover10, – having regard to its resolution of 20 May 2021 on Chinese countersanctions on EU entities and MEPs and MPs11, – having regard to the Commission recommendation of 3 October 2023 on critical technology areas for the EU’s economic security for further risk assessment with Member States (C(2023)6689), – having regard to its resolution of 16 September 2021 on a new EU-China strategy12, – having regard to the bilateral agreement on cooperation on global ocean governance, known as the ‘EU-China Ocean Partnership’, signed by the EU and the People’s Republic of China on 16 July 2018, 1 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2023)0333. OJ C 445, 29.10.2021, p. 114. OJ C 158, 30.4.2021, p. 2. OJ C 11, 13.1.2020, p. 25. OJ C 255, 29.6.2021, p. 60. OJ C 465, 6.12.2022, p. 117. OJ C 493, 27.12.2022, p. 96. OJ C 177, 17.5.2023, p. 95. OJ C 362, 8.9.2021, p. 71. OJ C 369, 11.10.2018, p. 156. OJ C 15, 12.1.2022, p. 17. OJ C 117, 11.3.2022, p. 40. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12