Hearing on China ahead of the 13th Five-Year Plan: Competitiveness and Market Reform

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

216 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, DC

Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioners Robin Cleveland and Michael Wessel

9:00a - 9:15a    Co-Chairs’ remarks: Commissioners Robin Cleveland and Michael Wessel

9:15a – 10:45a Panel I: Assessment of the 12^th Five Year Plan

• Dr. Stephen Roach, Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute of Global Affairs, Senior Lecturer, School of Management, Yale University (Testimony) (Charts to Accompany Testimony)
• Mr. Nicholas Consonery, Director of Asia, Eurasia Group (Testimony)
• Mr. Oliver K. Melton, Senior Economic Analyst, U.S. Department of State (Testimony)

10:45a – 11:00a   Break

11:00a - 12:30p    Panel II: The Impact of China’s Five-Year Plans on Strategic Industries

• Dr. Xiaolan Fu, Professor of Technology and International Development, Director, Technology & Management for Development Centre, University of Oxford (Testimony)
• Dr. Ernest Preeg, Senior Advisor for Trade and Finance, Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (Testimony)
• Dr. Gary H. Jefferson, Carl Marks Professor of International Trade and Finance, Brandeis University (Testimony) (Testimony Slides)

12:30p - 1:30p   Lunch Break

1:30p - 3:00p    Panel III: The Broader Implications of China’s Five-Year Plans

• Dr. Dali Yang, Professor of Political Science, Faculty Director, Center in Beijing,  University of Chicago (Testimony)
• Dr. Eswar S. Prasad, Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy, Cornell University, New Century Chair in International Economics, Brookings Institution (Testimony)
• Mr. David Frey, Partner, Markets Strategy, National Head of U.S.-China Strategic Corridor, KPMG China (Testimony)

3:00p               Adjourn