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“A man who helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for Boston Democrat Mayor Michelle Wu has been revealed to be listed by a Chinese intelligence agency as an official.
The Daily Caller News Foundation reported that Boston International Media Consulting founder Gary Yu assisted in raising over $300,000 for Wu with the help of the New England Chinese American Alliance, a civic association of which Yu serves as co-chairman.
Yu, whose Chinese name is Yu Guoliang, is listed as an official with an agency of the United Front Work Department (UFWD), a Chinese Community Party influence and intelligence service, per the outlet.
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Community Party described united front work as "a unique blend of engagement, influence activities, and intelligence operations that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses to shape its political environment, including to influence other countries’ policy toward the PRC and to gain access to advanced foreign technology."
The central UFWD reports directly to the CCP’s Central Committee, is the "lead organization for coordinating and carrying out united front work both inside and outside of China," and "oversees the united front work departments of provincial and local party committees as well as those subordinate to party committees in companies, research institutes, and other entities."
Yu is listed as an "overseas committee member" of the Hangzhou municipal All-China Federation Of Returned Overseas Chinese (ACFROC) and has met with their officials in China multiple times, and is the chairman of the North American Hangzhou Association (NAHAUS).
Per the Daily Caller, ACFROC is an agency of the UFWD that conducts overseas influence operations such as allegedly directing Chinese community leaders to create a Chinese police station in New York City.
In one meeting in China between Yu and the Hangzhou ACFROC Communist Party secretary that took place on November 29, 2018, Yu said that NAHAUS would "work tirelessly to support the construction of Hangzhou and continue to serve the function of uniting and leading overseas Chinese."
In one meeting in China between Yu and the Hangzhou ACFROC Communist Party secretary that took place on November 29, 2018, Yu said that NAHAUS would "work tirelessly to support the construction of Hangzhou and continue to serve the function of uniting and leading overseas Chinese."
Yu has donated $45,515 personally since 2018 to Massachusetts Democratic politicians, and under his leadership, the NECAA has hosted fundraising events for at least nine state politicians, including Wu and Governor Maura Healey. NECAA’s website states that it has raised over $300,000 for Wu.”
