• Implementation of WeChat Executive Order of August 6, 2020

Duration: August 11, 2020 to November 1, 2021

General Issues: Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Media (Information/Publishing), Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $244,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2020: Commerce - Dept of (DOC)

Affiliated organizations: Tencent Holdings Ltd.

Related Foreign Entities: Naspers (Cape Town, RSA); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 30%; WeChat Interntional Pte Ltd. (Singapore, SIN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; Naspers (Capetown, RSA); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 30%; WeChat International Pte Ltd. (International Plaza #21-07, CHN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%