The US State Department has publicly designated Zhao Fugang, director of the Overseas Chinese Service Center, for his involvement in corruption on behalf of Chinese actors. The department accused Zhao of paying bribes to Fijian citizens to advance China-based government, business, and criminal interests, adversely affecting US interests in Fiji. This designation renders Zhao and his immediate family generally ineligible for entry into the United States. The US embassy in Suva stated that Zhao's actions exposed Fiji to "malign foreign influence facilitated by Chinese government, business, and criminal actors."