AGENDA
Hearing on "China’s Challenges and Capabilities in Educating and Training the Next Generation Workforce"
Friday, February 24, 2023
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 406, and Webex
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Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioner Robin Cleveland and Commissioner Reva Price
9:30 AM – 9:40 AM: Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
9:40 AM – 10:55 AM: Panel I: Education and Human Capital in China’s Economic Growth and Development
- Scott Rozelle, Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University [Testimony]
- Prashant Loyalka, Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University [Testimony]
- Zachary M. Howlett, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale-NUS College, National University of Singapore [Testimony]
10:55 AM – 11:05 AM: Break
11:05 AM – 12:20 PM: Panel II: Advancing Growth, Knowledge, and Innovation through Higher Education
- Xin Xu, Research Fellow at the Centre for Global Higher Education, University of Oxford [Testimony]
- Anna B. Puglisi, Director of Biotechnology Programs, Georgetown University Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) [Testimony]
- Jeffrey Ding, Assistant Professor of Political Science, George Washington University [Testimony]
12:20 PM – 1:05 PM: Lunch Break
1:05 PM – 2:20 PM: Panel III: The Role of Education in Promoting China’s Strategic and Emerging Industries
- Dahlia Peterson, Research Analyst, Georgetown University Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) [Testimony]
- Denis Simon, Clinical Professor of Global Business and Technology at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC Chapel Hill [Testimony]
2:20 PM – 2:25 PM: Closing Remarks
2:25 PM: Adjourn
Report Prepared for the Commission
- Emily Hannum, Department of Sociology and Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania [Report]