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Hearing on the Foreign Investment Climate in China: Present Challenges and Potential for Reform

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Washington, DC


Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioners William A. Reinsch and Daniel Slane

8:30a - 8:45a        Co-Chairs’ remarks: Commissioners William A. Reinsch and Daniel Slane

8:45a - 9:45a       Administration Panel: Assessing the Interface between China’s Competition and Technology Licensing Policies

9:45a - 11:15a     Panel I: Industry Perspectives on the Foreign Investment Climate in China

11:15a - 12:45p  Panel II: The Legal and Regulatory Context for China’s Antitrust Enforcement

12:45p - 1:45p    Lunch Break

1:45p - 3:15p    Panel III: Evaluating the Impact of China’s Reforms on the Foreign Investment Climate

  • Lucille Barale, Visiting Professor, Georgetown University School of Law, Washington, DC
  • Dr. Joshua Eisenman, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Lyndon Johnson School of Public Affairs, Austin, TX; Senior Fellow for China Studies, American Foreign Policy Council, Washington, DC (Testimony)
  • Dr. Scott Kennedy, Deputy Director, Freeman Chair in China Studies; Director, Project on Chinese Business and Political Economy, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC (Testimony)

3:15p               Adjourn