U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Hearing on “China’s Industrial Policy and it
s Impact on U.S. Companies, Workers, and the American Economy”
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The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 on “China’s Industrial Policy and its Impact on U.S. Companies, Workers, and the American Economy.” The hearing will be held at 9:00 am in Room 236 of the Russell Senate Office Building, located at Delaware and Constitution Avenues, NE, Washington DC, 20510
The March 24 hearing will examine China’s pillar and strategic industries, China’s telecommunications and information technology (IT) industries, China’s nanotechnology and optoelectronics industries, and China’s use of incentives to attract foreign investment into certain of those industries.
Scheduled to testify on March 24 are Dr. George T. Haley, Professor at the University of New Haven; Mr. Clyde V. Prestowitz, Jr., President of the Economic Strategy Institute; Mr. Alan William Wolff, Partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP; Dr. Ralph E. Gomory, President Emeritus at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Mr. Terrence P. Stewart, Managing Partner at Stewart and Stewart; Mr. Richard McCormack, Editor and Publisher of Manufacturing & Technology News; Dr. Richard P. Suttmeier, Professor Emeritus at the University of Oregon; Dr. Denis F. Simon, Professor, Penn State School of International Affairs, Mr. Andrew Z. Szamosszegi, Managing Consultant at Capital Trade Inc.; Dr. Michael S. Lebby, President and CEO of the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association; Dr. Richard P. Appelbaum, member of the Executive Committee at the Center for Nanotech in Society, University of California at Santa Barbara; and Dr. Eugene G. Arthurs, Executive Director of The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE). A copy of the complete hearing agenda is attached at the end of this press announcement.
Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioners Patrick A. Mulloy and Daniel M. Slane
What: Public Hearing on “China’s Industrial Policy and its Impact on U.S. Companies, Workers, and the American Economy”
When: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 9:00 am to 5:15 p.m.
Where: Room 236, Russell Senate Office Building, Delaware and Constitution Avenues, NE
Washington DC 20510
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Hearing on “China’s Industrial Policy and its Impact on U.S. Companies, Workers, and the American Economy”
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Room 236, Russell Senate Office Building
Delaware and Constitution Avenues, NE
Washington, DC 20510
Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioners Patrick A. Mulloy and Daniel M. Slane
9:00 am – 9:15 am Panel I: Welcome and Congressional Perspectives
- Members of Congress (invited)
9:15 am – 11:00 am Panel II: Overview of China’s Pillar and Strategic Industries
- Dr. George T. Haley, Professor, University of New Haven, New Haven, CT
- Mr. Clyde V. Prestowitz, Jr., President, Economic Strategy Institute, Washington, DC
- Mr. Alan William Wolff, Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, Washington, DC
11:15 am – 1:00 pm Panel III: China’s Use of Incentives to Attract Foreign Investment into Certain of its Pillar and Strategic Industries
- Dr. Ralph E. Gomory, President Emeritus, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York, NY
- Mr. Terrence P. Stewart, Managing Partner, Stewart and Stewart, Washington, DC
- Mr. Richard McCormack, Editor and Publisher, Manufacturing & Technology News, Annandale, VA
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Panel IV: China’s Telecommunications and Information Technology (IT) Industries
- Dr. Richard P. Suttmeier, Professor Emeritus, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
- Mr. Andrew Z. Szamosszegi, Managing Consultant, Capital Trade Inc., Washington, DC
- Dr. Denis F. Simon, Professor, Penn State School of International Affairs, University Park, PA
3:45 pm – 5:15 pm Panel V: China’s Nanotechnology and Optoelectronics Industries
- Dr. Michael S. Lebby, President and CEO, Optoelectronics Industry Development Association, Washington, DC
- Dr. Richard P. Appelbaum, Executive Committee, Center for Nanotech in Society, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
- Dr. Eugene G. Arthurs, Executive Director, The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Bellingham, WA