Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/23/2018 11:11:28 AM OMB No. 1124-0002; Expires May 31,2020 U.S. Department of Justice Supplemental Statement Washington, DC 20530 Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended For.Six Month Period Ending January 31,2018 (Insert date) I - REGISTRANT 1. (a) Name of Registrant (b) Registration No. Hong Kong Trade Development Council 2181 (c) Business Address(es) ofRegistraht 219 East 46th Street, New York NY 10017 ( 2. Has there been a change in the information previously furnished in connection with the following? (a) If an individual: (1) Residence address(es) Yes □ No □ (2) Citizenship Yes □ No □ (3) Occupation Yes □ No □ Yes □ No 0 (2) Ownership or control Yes □ No 0 (3) Branch offices Yes □ No 0 (b) If an organization: (1) Name (c) Explain fully all changes, if any, indicated in Items (a) and (b) above. IF THE REGISTRANT IS AN INDIVIDUAL, OMIT RESPONSE TO ITEMS 3,4, AND 5(a). 3. If you have previously filed Exhibit C*1, state whether any changes therein have occurred during this 6 month reporting period. Yes □ No S If yes, have you filed an amendment to the Exhibit C? Yes .□ No □ If no, please attach the required amendment. 1 The Exhibit C, tor which no printed form is provided, consists of a true copy of the charter; articles of incorporation; association; and by laws of a registrant that is an organization. (A waiver of the requirement to file an Exhibit C may be obtained for good cause upon written application to the Assistant Attorney General, National! Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530.) FORM NSD-2 Revised 05/17 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/23/2018 11:11:28 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/23/2018 11:11:28 AM (PAGE 2) 4. (a) Have any persons ceased acting as partners, officers, directors or similar officials of the registrant during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No 0 If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position Date Connection Ended (b) Have any persons become partners, officers, directors or similar officials during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No E If yes, furnish the following information: Name Residence Address Citizenship Position Date Assumed 5. (a) Has any person harried in Item 4(b) rendered services directly in furtherance of the interests of any foreign principal? Yes □ No □ If yes, identify each such person and describe the service rendered. (b) During this six month reporting period, has the registrant hired as employees or in any other capacity, any persons who rendered or will render services to the registrant directly in furtherance of the interests of any foreign principals) in other than a clerical or secretarial, or in a related or similar capacity? Yes □ No 0 Name Residence Address Citizenship Position Date Assumed (c) Have any employees or individuals, who have filed a short form registration statement, terminated their employment or connection with the registrant during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No 0 If yes, furnish the following information': Name Position or Connection Date Terminated (d) Have any employees or individuals, who have filed a short form registration statement, terminated their connection with any foreign principal during this 6 month reporting period? Yes D No IE] If yes, furnish the following infoimation: Name Position or Connection Foreign Principal Date Terminated 6. Have short form registration statements been filed by all of the persons named in Items 5(a) and 5(b) of the supplemental statement? Yes □ No □ if no, list names of persons who have not filed the required statement. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/23/2018 11:11:28 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/23/2018 11:11:28 AM (PAGE 3) II - FOREIGN PRINCIPAL 7. Has your connection with any foreign principal ended during this 6 month reporting period? If yes, furnish the following information: Foreign Principal Yes □ No IE! Date of Termination 8. Have you acquired any new foreign principal(s)2 during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No S If yes, furnish th following information: Name and Address of Foreign Principal(s) Date Acquired 9. in addition to those named in Items 7 and 8, if any, list foreign principal(s)2 whom you continued to represent during the 6 month reporting period. Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Hong Kong 10. (a) Haye you filed exhibits for the newly acquired foreign principal(s), if any, listed in Item 8? Exhibit A3 Exhibit B4 Yes D Yes □ No □ No □ If no, please attach the required exhibit. (b)' Have there been any changes in the Exhibits A and B previously filed for any foreign principal whom you represented during this six month period? Yes □ No □ If yes, have you filed an amendment to these exhibits? Yes □ No □ If no, please attach the required amendment. 2 The term "foreign principaT'includes, in addition to those defined in Section 1(b) of the Act, an individual organization any of whose activities are directly oFindirectly™ supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized in whole or in major part by a foreign government, foreign political party, foreign organization or foreign individual. (See Rule 100(a) (9)). A registrant who represents more than one foreign principal is required to list in the statements he files under the Act only those principals for whom he is not entitled to claim exemption under Section 3 of the Act. (See Rule 208.) 3 The Exhibit A, which is filed on Form NSD-3, sets forth the information required to be disclosed concerning each foreign principal. 4 The Exhibit B, which is filed on Form NSD-4. sets forth the information concerning the agreement or understanding between the registrant and the foreign principal. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/23/2018 11:11:28 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/23/2018 11:11 ;28 AM (PAGE 4) III - ACTIVITIES 11. During this 6 month reporting period, have you engaged in any activities for or rendered any services to any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes 0 No □ If yes, identify each foreign principal and describe in full detail your activities and services: Hong Kong Trade Development Council 38/F, Office Tower, Convention Plaza, 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai Hong Kong -to promote trade with the United States into and out of Hong Kong. -to provide information on market intelligence. -to assist Head Office in the execution of promotional projects. -to establish, maintain and improve a databank qf useful business contacts for handling business matching enquires. -to provide consultative and trade enquiry services to Hong Kong and American businessmen. Please see attachment for detailed activities. 12. During this 6 month repotting period, have you on behalf of any foreign principal engaged in political activity5*as defined below? Yes □ No @ If yes, identify each such foreign principal and describe in full detail all such political activity, indicating, among other things, the relations, interests and policies sought to be influenced and the means employed to achieve this purpose. If the registrant arranged, sponsored or delivered speeches, lectures or radio and TV broadcasts, give details as to dates, places of delivery, names of speakers and subject matter. 13. In addition to the above described activities, if any, have you engaged in activity on your own behalf which benefits your foreign principal(s)? Yes □ No 0 If yes, describe fully. 5 "Political activity," as defined in Section l(o) of the Act, means any activity that the person engaging in believes will, ofthat the'person intends to, in anyway influence any agency or official of the Government of the United States or any section of the public within the United States with reference to formulating, adopting or changing the domestic or foreign policies of the United States or with reference to political or public interests, policies, or relations of a government of a foreign country or a foreign political party. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/23/2018 11:11:28 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/23/2018 11:11:28 AM (PAGE 5) IV - FINANCIAL INFORMATION 14(a) RECEIPTS-MONIES During this 6 month reporting period, have you received from any foreign principal named in Items 7* 8, or 9 of this statement, or from any other source, for or in the . interests of any such foreign principal, any contributions, income or money either as compensation or otherwise? Yes 0 No □ If no, explain why. If y es, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each.foreign principal an account of such monies.6 Date Aug 2017 to Jan 2018 From Whom Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Hong Kong Purpose Amount Operating expenses: New York Office Chicago Office Los Angeles Office $1,719,433.56 $ 388,634.82 $1,423,103.64 $3,531,172.02 Total (b) RECEIPTS - FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN During this 6 month repoitirig period, have you received, as part of a fundraising campaign7, any money on behalf of any foreign principal named in Items 7,8, or 9 of this statement? Yes □ No 0 If yes, have you filed an Exhibit D8 to your registration? Yes □ No □ If yes, indicate the date the Exhibit D was filed. (c) Date______________________ RJCCEIPTS-THINGS OF VALUE During this 6 month reporting period, have you received any thing of value9 other than money from.any foreign principal named in Items 7,8, or 9 of this statement, or from any other source, for or in the interests of any such foreign principal? Yes □ No 0 If yes, furnish the following information: Foreign Principal Date Received Thing of Value Purpose 6, 7 A registrant is required to file an Exhibit D if he collects or receives contributions, loans, moneys, or other things of. value for a foreign principal, as part of a fundraising campaign. (See Rule 201(e)). 8 An Exhibit D, for which no printed form is provided, sets forth an account of money collected or received as a result of a fundraising campaign and transmitted for a foreign principal. 9 Tilings of value include but are not limited to gifts, interest free loans, expense free travel, favored stock purchases, exclusive rights, favored treatment over competitors, "kickbacks," and the like. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/23/2018 11:11:28 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/23/2018 11:11:28 AM (PAGE 6) 15. (a) DISBURSEMENTS-MONIES During tiiis 6 month reporting period, have you (1) disbursed or expended monies in connection with activity on behalf of any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes EO No □ (2) transmitted monies to any such foreign principal? Yes □ No E If no, explain in full detail why there were no disbursements made on behalf of any foreign principal. If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies, including monies transmitted, if any, to each foreign principal. i Date August 2017 to January 2018 To Whom Please see attached for details Purpose Amount $3,227,323.75 Total Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/23/2018 11:11:28 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/23/2018 11:11:28 AM (PAGE 7) (b) DISBURSEMENTS-THINGS OF VALUE During this 6 month reporting period, have you disposed of anything of value10*other than money in furtherance of or in connection with activities on behalf of any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes □ No 13 If yes, furnish the following information: Date (c) Recipient Foreign Principal Thing of Value Purpose DISBURSEMENTS*POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS During this 6 month reporting period, have you from your own funds and on your own behalf either directly or through any other person, made any contributions of money or other things of value1' in connection with an election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election, convention, or caucus held to select candidates for political office? Yes □ No 0 If yes, furnish the following information: Date Amount or Thing of Value Political Organization or Candidate Location of Event 10, U Things of value include but are not limited to gifts, interest free loans, expense free travel, favored stock purchases, exclusive rights, favored treatment oyer competitors, "kickbacks," and the like. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/23/2018 11:11:28 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/23/2018 11:11:28 AM (PAGE 8) V-INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS 16. (a) During this 6 month reporting period, did you prepare, disseminate or cause to be disseminated any informational materials?12 Yes □ No ® If Yes, go to Item 17. (b) If you answered No to Item 16(a), do you disseminate any material in connection with your registration? No i Yes □ If Yes, please forward the materials disseminated during the six month period to die Registration Unit for review. 17. Identify each such foreign principal. 18. During'this'6 monthTeportirig period, hasany~ foreign principal established a budget or allocated a specifiedsum of moneyto finance your activities in preparing or disseminating informational materials? Yes D No (HI if yes, identify each such foreign principal, specify amount, and indicate for what period of time. 19; During this 6 month reporting period, did your activities in preparing, disseminating or causing the dissemination of informational materials include the use of any of the following: D Radio or TV broadcasts □ Advertising campaigns □ Magazine or newspaper □ Press releases D Motion picture films D Letters or telegrams □ Pamphlets or other publications □ Lectures or speeches □ Other (specify) Electronic Communications □ Email □ Website URL(s):______________________________________________ □ Social media websites URL(s): _.____________________________________________________________________ ______________ □ Other (specify) 20. During this 6 month reporting period, did you disseminate or cause to be disseminated informational materials among any of the following groups: □ Public officials □ Newspapers □ Libraries □ Legislators □ Editors □ Educational institutions □ Government agencies □ Civic groups or associations D Nationality groups □ Other (specify)___________________________ _________________ 21. What language was used in the informational materials: □ English □ Other (specify) 22. Did you file with the Registration Unit, U.S. Department of Justice a copy of each item of such informational materials disseminated or caused to be disseminated during this 6 month reporting period? Yes Q No D 23. Did you label each item of such informational materials with the statement required by Section 4(b) of the Act? Yes □ No □ 12 The term informational materials includes any oral, visual, graphic, written, or pictorial information or matter of any kind, including that published by means of advertising, books, periodicals, newspapers, lectures, broadcasts, motion pictures, or any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce or otherwise. Informational materials disseminated by an agent of a foreign principal as part of an activity in itself exempt from registration, or an activity which by itself would not require registration, need not be filed pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Act. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/23/2018 11:11:28 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 02/23/2018 11:11:28 AM (PAGE 9) VI - EXECUTION In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1746, the undersigned swear(s) or affirm(s) under penalty of peijury that he/she has (they have) read the information set forth in this registration statement and the attached exhibits and that he/she is (they are) familiar with the contents thereof and that such contents are in their entirety true and accurate to the best of his/her (their) knowledge and belief, except that the undersigned make(s) no representation as to truth or accuracy of the information contained in the attached Short Form Registration Statements), if any, insofar as such information is not within his/her (their) personal knowledge. 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