Bipartisan Delegation to Meet with U.S. and Chinese Counterparts across Government, Business, and Technology
Today, a bipartisan delegation of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) departed for the People’s Republic of China on an official fact-finding trip, led by Chair Randall Schriver and Vice Chair Mike Kuiken. It is the Commission’s first travel to China since 2019.
Congress created the Commission to examine how the U.S.-China economic and trade relationship affects U.S. national security, and to report its findings and recommendations. This trip is about seeing that relationship firsthand and sharpening the work the Commission delivers to Congress.
While in China, the delegation is meeting with the U.S. Embassy and American companies operating in the country. The delegation has also requested meetings with Chinese government officials, scholars and think tanks, and industry leaders across advanced technology sectors, including artificial intelligence, robotics, biotechnology, and more.
“We are not traveling to reset the relationship. We are traveling to understand it,” said Chair Schriver. “That means testing our analysis against the ground truth and hearing directly from the people at the center of this competition, American and Chinese alike. Good policy starts with an honest picture, and that is what Congress, our client, expects of us.”
“China has moved faster than Washington’s read on it, and too much of our China debate runs on assumptions that are a few years out of date,” said Vice Chair Kuiken. “You do not learn how a country is really changing, or how fast a field is moving, from a briefing slide. We are going there to trade some of those assumptions for firsthand facts.”
The Commission will report relevant findings and recommendations through its ongoing work, including its Annual Report to Congress.
This year marks 25 years since the bipartisan U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission began its work advising Congress on the national security implications of the U.S.-China economic and trade relationship and providing recommendations to Congress for legislative and administrative action. Follow the Commission on LinkedIn and via @USCC_GOV on X/Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.