Hearing on "China’s Pursuit of Defense Technologies: Implications for U.S. and Multilateral Export Control and Investment Screening Regimes,“ USCC, Apr. 13, 2023.
Hearing Co-Chairs: Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew and Vice Chairman Alex Wong
9:30 AM – 9:40 AM: Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
9:40 AM – 11:10 AM: Panel I: China’s Defense Modernization Objectives and R&D Ecosystem
Tai Ming Cheung, Professor at University of California, San Diego and Director of the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation [Testimony]
Christian Curriden, Defense Analyst, RAND Corporation [Testimony]
Elsa Kania, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security [Testimony]
11:10 AM – 11:20 AM: Break
11:20 AM – 1:05 PM: Panel II: Obstacles and Breakthroughs in China’s Defense Technological Development
Kevin Pollpeter, Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Naval Analysis [Testimony]
Chad Ohlandt, Senior Engineer, RAND Corporation [Testimony]
Sarah Kirchberger, Head of Asia-Pacific Strategy and Security at the Institute for Security Policy, Kiel University [Testimony]
Gregory Allen, Director, Wadhwani Center for AI and Advanced Technologies, Center for Strategic and International Studies [Testimony]
1:05 PM – 2:05 PM: Lunch Break
2:05 PM – 3:35 PM: Panel III: Policy Tools for the United States and Its Allies and Partners
Cordell Hull, Visiting Fellow, National Security Institute [Testimony]
Martijn Rasser, Managing Director, Datenna Inc. [Testimony]
Emily Kilcrease, Senior Fellow and Director, Energy, Economics and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security [Testimony]
3:35 PM – 3:40 PM: Closing Remarks
3:40 PM: Adjourn