The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission will hold a two-day public hearing April 21- 22, 2005 at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, to examine China's High Technology Development. The hearing will examine China's global competitiveness in technology products, the Chinese government's strategies and policies for technology development, the dynamics of U.S.-China high-tech trade, and China's challenges to U.S. technology leadership. The event will also focus on China's weak intellectual property rights protections and how they affect China's technology development and U.S.-China trade in the entertainment industry. China's rapid economic expansion has been accompanied by significant advances in technology competitiveness. China has become a vital part of the global supply chain for technology goods as well as increasingly a center for technology research and development. Together, these developments are leading to advances in China's capacity as a base of technology innovation and competitiveness. The Commission is holding this hearing in Silicon Valley given its central role as a hub of U.S. technology production and innovation. The Commission will hear from representatives of California technology and venture capital firms, leading trade associations for the electronics, semiconductor, and information technology industries, and the U.S. entertainment industry. Testimony will also be provided by expert analysts of China's technology development strategies and U.S. technology trends. The event will begin with remarks by former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry who will discuss the economic and geopolitical implications of China's growing global presence and will then move to panels featuring representatives from NVIDIA Corporation, Applied Materials, Sun Microsystems, Mobius Venture Capital, Accel Partners, the Semiconductor Industry Association, the American Electronics Association, the Information Technology Industry Council, the Motion Picture Association of America, Warner Brothers Entertainment, and other leading experts on China's technology advancements and U.S. technology competitiveness. Senior officials from the State Department and the National Science Foundation will present their assessments of China science and technology trajectory and A.T. Kearney will present its study on the impact of global technology trade on Bay Area employment.

The hearing agenda is attached.		|
What:	Public Hearing on "China's High Technology Development"
When:	Thursday, April 21 (9:00 am - 5:00 pm) and Friday, April 22, 2005 (9:00 am - 1:00 pm)
Where:	Stauffer Auditorium, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA