Entity record
Wang YiPerson
Wang Yi is a current politically exposed person (PEP): Minister of Foreign Affairs — a Level 1 (Executive) position — recorded from the CIA World Leaders — Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, observed on 2026-07-10. ProofAML is not the issuing authority.
Politically exposed person (PEP)
Apex of state power — head of state/government, cabinet, apex judiciary, top military/intelligence, central bank governor.
Wang Yi is a current politically exposed person: Minister of Foreign Affairs — a Level 1 (Executive) position.
Jurisdiction of record: China.
A PEP classification triggers enhanced due diligence, not asset-freezing; it is not an allegation of wrongdoing.
- Position
- Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Government branch
- Executive (B1)
- Dates in office
- term dates not published by the source
Retained as a PEP reference for 50 years after leaving office — this individual is currently in office. A PEP flag requires enhanced due diligence, not asset-freezing — it is not an allegation of wrongdoing. See our politically exposed persons reference guide for how the seniority levels, government branches, and current/former decay model work.
Enhanced due diligence
Enhanced Due Diligence Report
Higher EDD attentionas of 2026-07-10
FreshnessGenerated from source data as of 2026-07-10 — the date this record was last observed in the CIA World Leaders — Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments; regenerates when the underlying source data changes.us_cia_world_leaderspublication
List-version anchorList version us_cia_world_leaders@2026-07-10; manifest SHA-256 8c3675a1175d… (signing pending).us_cia_world_leaders
This is an automatically generated screening and research aid, not certified enhanced due diligence. It is compiled from the official public sources cited on this page and reflects those sources as of the date shown — it is not legal advice and not a determination that this person presents, or does not present, risk. A PEP flag indicates a prominent public function requiring enhanced due diligence — a source-attributed classification, not an allegation of wrongdoing and not a sanction. Statements that nothing was found reflect our sources as of the check date and are not a clearance. The regulated institution remains solely responsible for its own due diligence, risk rating, senior-management approval, and source-of-funds verification. Verify independently.
S2 Identity & biographical profile
Canonical nameWang Yius_cia_world_leaders
Known aliasesOnly the primary name variant is published by CIA World Leaders — Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments.
Date of birth (estimated)estimated — not verified 1953-10-19 — estimated from a secondary source (official/secondary biography; crowdsourced source); the entity's own dataset publishes no date of birth. A crowdsourced lead (not an authoritative source) — a pointer to verify, never a fact. Office-eligibility sanity window: born on or before 1997-08-01. — estimated — not verified.born 19 October 1953 evidence source
NationalityChinaus_cia_world_leaders
IdentifiersNone published by our sources.
S3 Position, public function & influence
Office / roleMinister of Foreign Affairsus_cia_world_leaderspublication
Government branchExecutive (B1)us_cia_world_leadersmethodology
Seniority (why this office matters)Level 1 — Apex of state power — head of state/government, cabinet, apex judiciary, top military/intelligence, central bank governor.us_cia_world_leadersmethodology
Term(s) in officeTerm dates not published by the source.
StatusCurrent — the source lists this person as a serving office-holder.us_cia_world_leadersmethodology
S4 PEP classification & methodology
ClassificationLevel 1 (Executive) — Apex of state power — head of state/government, cabinet, apex judiciary, top military/intelligence, central bank governor.us_cia_world_leadersmethodology
A source-attributed classification requiring enhanced due diligence — not an allegation of wrongdoing and not a sanction. The public methodology (levels, branches, decay model) is linked in the source registry below.
Retention & decayOnce former, this classification is retained for 50 years after leaving office (the Level 1 retention window). EU AMLD requires enhanced measures to continue for at least 12 months after a PEP leaves office; the retention windows applied here are deliberately longer.methodologyEU AMLD
S5 Sanctions & watchlist cross-check
No sanctions or watchlist match found in our resolved corpus for this record as of 2026-07-10 (list version us_cia_world_leaders@2026-07-10). This is not a clearance: it reflects our sources and our precision-first resolution method, and does not discharge an institution's own screening obligations.
S6 Relatives & close associates (RCA)
No relatives or close associates are recorded in our sources as of 2026-07-10. This reflects our current source coverage — not a finding that none exist. FATF R.12 extends EDD obligations to relatives and close associates; institutions must establish these through their own KYC.
S7 Jurisdiction & country-risk context
Jurisdiction of office / nationalityChinaus_cia_world_leaders
FATF statusChina is not on the FATF Call-for-Action ("black") or Increased-Monitoring ("grey") lists as of 2026-06-19 (FATF Plenary, Paris, 17-19 June 2026; both statements checked). Source: FATF.FATF listFATF list
Corruption Perceptions IndexChina scores 43/100 in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 (rank 76; 100 = perceived cleanest) — a published perception measure of public-sector corruption in the jurisdiction. Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 (2026) by Transparency International, licensed under CC BY 4.0.TI CPI
Country-risk indicators are published facts about the jurisdiction of office — never a score of, or finding about, this person.
S8 EDD obligation indicators
Indicated EDD postureHigher EDD attention. A deterministic, non-numeric statement of which EDD obligations published regulation attaches to the published classification facts below — not a risk score, not a verdict on this person, and not a substitute for the institution's own risk rating.rubricFATF R.12
InputSeniority: Level 1 (Executive).us_cia_world_leadersmethodology
InputStatus: current office-holder.us_cia_world_leadersmethodology
InputSanctions cross-check: no confirmed designation in our resolved corpus as of 2026-07-10 (see the cross-check section; not a clearance).
InputJurisdiction country-risk status: FATF/CPI indicators are reported in the jurisdiction & country-risk section above, but are not yet an input to this band derivation — rubric v1 derives from seniority, status, and the sanctions cross-check only (when country-risk becomes a rubric input, a FATF-listed jurisdiction elevates the band one step).
Rubric v1.0.0Band derivation (deterministic, code-owned): Level 1 → Higher, Level 2 → Elevated, Level 3/RCA → Standard; a former office-holder within the retention window steps down one band, past it rests at Standard; a resolver-confirmed designation always sets the top band; an unconfirmed status never lowers the band; jurisdiction country-risk indicators are reported in the jurisdiction section but are not yet a band input — FATF-listed-jurisdiction elevation lands with a future rubric version. No numeric score exists anywhere in this derivation.
FATF Recommendation 12 attaches four mandatory measures to foreign PEPs — risk-management systems to determine PEP status; senior-management approval; reasonable measures to establish source of wealth and funds; enhanced ongoing monitoring — and applies them to domestic PEPs and international-organisation officials on a risk-sensitive basis. Foreign-vs-domestic depends on the institution's own jurisdiction, which this report cannot know.FATF R.12
The institution's own risk rating, senior-management approval, and source-of-funds verification remain its sole responsibility (standing notice above).
S9 Source of wealth / source of funds
Not assessed. Source-of-wealth and source-of-funds verification are obligations the regulated institution performs on customer-provided information (FATF R.12(c); EU AMLR Art. 42). They cannot be supplied by a screening-data vendor and are outside the scope of this screening aid.
S10 Adverse media
Not assessed. This report does not include adverse-media screening as of 2026-07-10. The absence of adverse-media content here is not a clean bill and does not discharge an institution's own negative-news screening.
S11 Ongoing monitoring & freshness
Observation windowFirst observed 2026-07-10; last confirmed 2026-07-10.us_cia_world_leaders
Source confirmationConfirmed present in CIA World Leaders — Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments list version us_cia_world_leaders@2026-07-10, observed 2026-07-10.us_cia_world_leaders
Decay / retentionRetention posture: currently in office; the 50-year decay window starts only on leaving office.methodology
What changes here: the report regenerates whenever this record's source data changes, in the same daily refresh that drives customer re-screening; unchanged data produces a byte-identical report.
Institutions needing change alerts on this record: the screening API offers continuous monitoring — see /about/#api.
S12 Sources, provenance & citations
Every factual claim above carries a citation resolving to a row below (dataset, per-record publication page, jurisdiction-context reference, issuing authority, license, confidence tier, observation dates, list version + manifest hash). A machine-checkable gate rejects any report with an uncited claim.
How to citeHow to cite this report: “Wang Yi — Enhanced Due Diligence Report (ProofAML), as of 2026-07-10. https://proofaml.com/people/wang-yi-nk1484f2e1/#edd-report — reflects the official sources listed in the registry.”
| Cited source | Authority · license · tier | Version & observation |
|---|---|---|
| CIA World Leaders — Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments | US Central Intelligence Agency · Public domain — U.S. Government work (17 U.S.C. §105) Direct government/IGO publisher | v us_cia_world_leaders@2026-07-10 · sha256 8c3675a1175d… · signing pending · 2026-07-10 → 2026-07-10 |
| CIA World Leaders — China (country publication page) | US Central Intelligence Agency · Public domain — U.S. Government work (17 U.S.C. §105) Direct government/IGO publisher | · 2026-07-10 → 2026-07-10 |
| High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action - 19 June 2026 | Financial Action Task Force (FATF) · Public intergovernmental record Jurisdiction-context reference (about the jurisdiction, never this person) | v statement of 2026-06-19 · — → 2026-06-19 |
| Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring - 19 June 2026 | Financial Action Task Force (FATF) · Public intergovernmental record Jurisdiction-context reference (about the jurisdiction, never this person) | v statement of 2026-06-19 · — → 2026-06-19 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 | Transparency International · CC BY 4.0 — Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 (2026) by Transparency International, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Jurisdiction-context reference (about the jurisdiction, never this person) | v CPI 2025 (published 2026-02-10) · — → 2026-02-10 |
| ProofAML PEP classification methodology — seniority levels, government branches, retention/decay windows | ProofAML | |
| ProofAML EDD obligation rubric v1.0.0 (deterministic, code-owned, non-numeric) | ProofAML | |
| FATF Recommendation 12 — politically exposed persons | Financial Action Task Force | |
| EU Anti-Money-Laundering Directive (Directive (EU) 2015/849, as amended), Arts. 20–23 — PEP enhanced due diligence | European Union |
S13 Correction & dispute path
Our dataOur error (wrong merge, stale field, mis-parse): request a correction via /about/#corrections or corrections@proofaml.com — acknowledged and resolved within 5 business days.
Source recordErrors in the underlying official record belong to the issuing authority listed in the registry above — we reflect official lists and are not the issuing authority.
This reportA report that misstates its cited sources is a generation defect (bug severity): use the same correction queue; any generated narrative is pulled to template-only immediately on receipt while investigated.
Automatically generated screening and research aid — not certified due diligence, not an allegation of wrongdoing, not a sanction, and never a clearance. Verify independently.
Key properties
- Date of birth est.
- 1953-10-19 — official/secondary biography; crowdsourced lead (e.g. Wikipedia) — not an authoritative source; estimated — not verified evidence
- Nationality
- China
- Position
- Minister of Foreign Affairs
Offshore structures (ICIJ Offshore Leaks)
This record's name and country match an entry in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database (Panama, Paradise & Pandora Papers, Bahamas & Offshore Leaks). The matched offshore structures are reproduced natively below, sourced directly from ICIJ. Presence in the ICIJ database is not evidence of wrongdoing, and identities require independent confirmation — this is a name-based cross-reference, not a confirmed identity, and every row below carries its match confidence and basis. Frozen snapshot: ICIJ content is static as of .
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as director of — 7 offshore entities (Offshore Leaks). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG YI
- SHINNING GROWTH INVESTMENT GROUP LIMITED · British Virgin Islands · director of · incorporated · Offshore Leaks
- PORT WING DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED · British Virgin Islands · director of · incorporated · Offshore Leaks
- HOPE & FORTUNE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · British Virgin Islands · director of · incorporated · Offshore Leaks
- EVER STRATEGY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · British Virgin Islands · director of · incorporated · Offshore Leaks
- WELL RICHEST INVESTMENT LIMITED · British Virgin Islands · director of · incorporated · Offshore Leaks
- Top Prosperity Trading Corporation · British Virgin Islands · director of · incorporated · Offshore Leaks
- ONE WILL CO., LTD. · British Virgin Islands · director of · incorporated · Offshore Leaks
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as director of; shareholder of — 3 offshore entities (Offshore Leaks). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG YI
- CHANGZHOU HAIMA PLASTICS CO., LTD. · British Virgin Islands · director of · incorporated · Offshore Leaks
- SUNPACK CO., LTD. · British Virgin Islands · director of · incorporated · Offshore Leaks
- ONE WILL CO., LTD. · British Virgin Islands · shareholder of · incorporated · Offshore Leaks
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as shareholder of — 2 offshore entities (Panama Papers). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG YI
- STC CONSULT International Inc. · Seychelles · shareholder of · incorporated · Panama Papers
- SPRING SOURCE INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISE LIMITED · Seychelles · shareholder of · incorporated · Panama Papers
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as shareholder of — 1 offshore entity (Offshore Leaks). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG YI ??
- WTECH HOLDING INC. · British Virgin Islands · shareholder of · incorporated · Offshore Leaks
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as shareholder of — 1 offshore entity (Panama Papers). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG YI
- Citi-Alliance International Construction Engineering Ltd. · British Virgin Islands · shareholder of · incorporated · Panama Papers
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as shareholder of — 1 offshore entity (Panama Papers). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG YI
- FLYCOM LTD · British Virgin Islands · shareholder of · incorporated · struck off / dissolved · Panama Papers
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as shareholder of — 1 offshore entity (Panama Papers). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG YI
- BOCOM RADIOTECH LIMITED · British Virgin Islands · shareholder of · incorporated · struck off / dissolved · Panama Papers
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as shareholder of — 1 offshore entity (Panama Papers). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG YI
- HOFA TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED · British Virgin Islands · shareholder of · incorporated · Panama Papers
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as shareholder of — 1 offshore entity (Panama Papers). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG YI
- Glory Investment Management Co., Limited · British Virgin Islands · shareholder of · incorporated · struck off / dissolved · Panama Papers
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as shareholder of — 1 offshore entity (Panama Papers). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: Wang Yi
- Alwin International Holdings Limited · British Virgin Islands · shareholder of · incorporated · Panama Papers
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as shareholder of — 1 offshore entity (Panama Papers). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG YI
- WONDO INTERNATIONAL TRADE CO., LTD. · British Anguilla · shareholder of · incorporated · Panama Papers
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as shareholder of — 1 offshore entity (Panama Papers). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG YI
- Tripek Trading Inc. · Samoa · shareholder of · incorporated · Panama Papers
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as shareholder of — 1 offshore entity (Panama Papers). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG YI
- Onis Holdings Limited · British Virgin Islands · shareholder of · incorporated · Panama Papers
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as shareholder of — 1 offshore entity (Panama Papers). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG YI
- POWERFUL VIEW INVESTMENTS LIMITED · British Virgin Islands · shareholder of · incorporated · struck off / dissolved · Panama Papers
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as shareholder of — 1 offshore entity (Panama Papers). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG YI
- OCEAN ASCENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · British Virgin Islands · shareholder of · incorporated · struck off / dissolved · Panama Papers
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as shareholder of — 1 offshore entity (Panama Papers). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG YI
- EHarmony International Limited · British Virgin Islands · shareholder of · incorporated · struck off / dissolved · Panama Papers
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as beneficiary of — 1 offshore entity (Panama Papers). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG YI
- Onis Holdings Limited · British Virgin Islands · beneficiary of · incorporated · Panama Papers
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as beneficiary of — 1 offshore entity (Panama Papers). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: Wang Yi
- SPRING SOURCE INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISE LIMITED · Seychelles · beneficiary of · incorporated · Panama Papers
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as Ultimate Beneficial Owner — 1 offshore entity (Pandora Papers). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: Yi WANG
- KENTEX ASIA LIMITED · British Virgin Islands · Ultimate Beneficial Owner · incorporated · Pandora Papers
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as director of — 1 offshore entity (Offshore Leaks). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG Yi ??
- NEW POPULAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · British Virgin Islands · director of · incorporated · Offshore Leaks
Appears in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database as director of — 1 offshore entity (Offshore Leaks). [match confidence: medium; basis: name + country] ICIJ node: WANG YI ??
- Maple International Capital Group Limited · British Virgin Islands · director of · incorporated · Offshore Leaks
Data from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) Offshore Leaks Database, offshoreleaks.icij.org — licensed under the Open Database License (database) and Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (contents). Always cite the ICIJ when using this data.
Licensed under ODbL 1.0 (database) / CC BY-SA 4.0 (contents). Full license notice →
Source list & list version
| Source list | List version | Manifest SHA-256 | Status | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIA World Leaders — Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members of Foreign GovernmentsPEP roster US Central Intelligence Agency | us_cia_world_leaders@2026-07-10 | 8c3675a1175db3aa… | List version (signing pending) | — |
About these sources
The CIA's 'Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments' directory — current and former heads of state/government, cabinet ministers, central-bank governors and ambassadors for nearly every country — used as the generalized PEP source for jurisdictions without a dedicated national roster.
What a match means: A match means this person holds or held senior foreign-government office — a standard PEP due-diligence trigger, not an accusation of wrongdoing.
First observed ; last confirmed present in CIA World Leaders — Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments list version us_cia_world_leaders@2026-07-10, observed .
Publication of record (US Central Intelligence Agency): https://www.cia.gov/resources/world-leaders/foreign-governments/china/
This page reflects the official CIA World Leaders — Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, version us_cia_world_leaders@2026-07-10, as observed on 2026-07-10. ProofAML is not the issuing authority.
Request a correction or dispute (distinguishes a data-handling error on our side from the underlying official designation, which is the issuing authority's record).
How to cite this page
Wang Yi. ProofAML. This page reflects the official CIA World Leaders — Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, version us_cia_world_leaders@2026-07-10, as observed on 2026-07-10. ProofAML is not the issuing authority. URL: https://proofaml.com/people/wang-yi-nk1484f2e1/
Machine-readable export (FTM + lineage): /data/entities/14.json (record key nk1484f2e1)