[People News] At present, China’s economy is under a double assault from a collapse in consumption and a surge in unemployment. The Chinese economy is already half-dead: foreign investors are withdrawing, businesses are closing down, unemployment is skyrocketing, the economy is sluggish, the real estate market has collapsed, the population is shrinking on a massive scale, turning cities into ghost towns, and the people are struggling to survive. Under such dire circumstances, if ordinary citizens were to see that CCP senior officials have hidden astronomical amounts of personal assets overseas, what kind of shock would that bring to Chinese society?

According to an Epoch Times report, the new U.S. National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) requires the Director of National Intelligence to disclose the wealth of top CCP leaders, triggering heated discussion online. On the 19th, the CCP Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed that the bill contains “negative provisions” involving China, and warned that if the U.S. implements it, the CCP will retaliate.

On the 18th, U.S. President Trump (Donald Trump) signed the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, which had been passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives, formally authorizing a total of $901 billion for military and national security programs. The White House stated that this annual bill will advance the president’s national security strategy of “peace through strength” and strengthen U.S. homeland defense and the defense industrial base.

Notably, this new version of the bill requires the U.S. Director of National Intelligence to publish on a website and submit to relevant congressional committees a report on the wealth of the Chinese Communist Party leadership. The report must include assessments of personal wealth, financial assets, and commercial interests. The subjects covered include the CCP general secretary, members of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee, and Politburo members.

The NDAA also focuses on countering CCP threats, ensuring the success of Indo-Pacific missions, and supporting Indo-Pacific allies and partners. It further requires strengthening Taiwan’s defense and incorporates the Taiwan Non-Discrimination Act, supporting Taiwan’s participation in the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Previously, news that the U.S. Director of National Intelligence would be required to disclose the wealth of top CCP officials had already exploded on the X platform, with netizens posting comments such as:

“CCP officials will never voluntarily disclose their assets, but the U.S. is doing it for them. What were once the most secret family assets have now become a ‘Damocles sword of anti-corruption’ hanging over their heads. Transparency actually has to rely on an ‘enemy country’ to be achieved.”

“First disclose, then freeze.”

“This may be the only bill that people both inside and outside the country are eagerly anticipating… the only thing that both sides praise, and the only time that ‘little pinks’ and ‘little rebels’ have reached a consensus.”

“Dare to attack Taiwan and see what happens? These elites will have to block it—internal fighting will intensify, and the speed of the CCP’s disintegration and collapse will accelerate.”

“America has become the Discipline Inspection Commission.”

“Everything has already begun, everything is underway, and everything has only just begun. The garbage time of CCP rule is almost over.”

YouTube users also commented:

“Not just disclosure—there should be legislation that if the other party refuses to acknowledge the assets, they are deemed ownerless property and can be donated.”

“Trump did a beautiful job. Please move forward even faster and leave these CCP officials with nowhere to hide.”

“Investigate thoroughly—let all the people of China know the truth.”“If the assets of CCP senior officials and elites are all placed in the United States rather than Russia, it would really be hard for such a war to break out…”

Veteran commentator Tang Hao said on the program Crossroads that, according to the NDAA, the assets of CCP senior officials to be investigated include “entities and financial assets directly or indirectly owned or controlled by them,” real estate they hold in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau, overseas real estate, any high-value personal assets, as well as their business shareholdings, investments, and financial accounts outside China. The bill also requires the ability to identify “financial agents, business partners, or other entities used to conceal the ownership of such wealth and assets,” meaning it aims to uncover the CCP officials’ “white gloves” or “proxies.”

Tang Hao noted that most of the content of this report does not need to be classified and can be made public. CCP leaders are beginning to feel a chill down their spines. The United States has introduced such legislation because the cross-border transfer of wealth by CCP officials involves illegal money laundering and various financial crimes that affect the U.S. financial order. In addition, the U.S. needs this as leverage to deter the CCP from using force against Taiwan. Authoritatively disclosing CCP corruption can also serve as a warning to the Chinese people, cut off the path for Communist Party members to emigrate, and block corrupt officials’ overseas escape routes.

Major democratic countries around the world all have laws requiring senior officials to disclose their personal assets, but the CCP has never disclosed officials’ assets.

On this point, Tang Hao said that the CCP dares not disclose the assets of senior officials for three reasons: first, revealing the enormous wealth would trigger large-scale popular resentment and suspicion toward the Party, shaking its rule; second, disclosure of officials’ personal wealth would easily become leverage for political rivals; and third, the CCP does not want foreign countries to see personal information about its top leadership. Now the whole world is looking forward to the Trump administration digging out the wealth and corruption truth of CCP leaders. This will become a righteous act that strikes at the CCP and helps loosen the shackles on the Chinese people. △