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Congress finds the following: (1) The Department of State started the Regional China Officer (RCO) program in 2019 with six officers deployed overseas. (2) As of January 2025, the program had grown in size to 20 RCO positions, spanning across all the regional bureaus. (3) RCOs assess and report on emerging patterns in activity by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), help United States diplomatic missions focus on the most important, PRC-related, United States priorities, and help coordinate effective messaging and strategies to counter PRC malign influence in the region. (4) The RCO program is part of the Office of China Coordination in the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs at the State Department.