Hearing: China’s Emergent Military Aerospace and Commercial Aviation Capabilities

May 20, 2010

Room 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building
First Street and Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20510

Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioners Daniel A. Blumenthal and Peter Videnieks

AGENDA

Commissioners’ Opening Remarks

• Opening statement of Commissioner Daniel A. Blumenthal [Remarks]
• Opening statement of Commissioner Peter Videnieks [Remarks]

Congressional Perspectives

• Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) [Note: appearing at 1:00 pm] [Testimony]
• Congressman Phil Gingrey, M.D. (R-GA) – Statement for the Record [Testimony]

Panel II: Administration Perspectives

• Mr. Bruce S. Lemkin, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs, U.S. Air Force, Washington, DC [Testimony]
• Ms. Mary H. Saunders, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC [Testimony]

Panel III: Developments in China’s Military Aerospace Capabilities

• Dr. Roger Cliff, Senior Political Scientist, The RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA [Testimony]
• Mr. Mark Stokes, Executive Director, Project 2049 Institute, Arlington, VA [Testimony]
• Mr. Wayne Ulman, China Issue Manager, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Dayton, OH [Testimony]

Lunch Break

Panel IV: China’s Aviation Industrial Complex

• Mr. Peder Andersen, International Trade Analyst for Aerospace, U.S. International Trade Commission, Washington, DC [Testimony]
• Dr. Tai Ming Cheung, Scientist, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Associate Adjunct Professor, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UC San Diego, CA [Testimony]
• Mr. Richard D. Fisher, Jr., Senior Fellow, Asian Military Affairs, International Assessment and Strategy Center, Washington, DC [Testimony]

Panel V: Civil Implications for the United States

• Mr. Owen E. Herrnstadt, Director of Trade and Globalization, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Upper Marlboro, MD [Testimony]
• Mr. Daniel K. Elwell, Vice President for Civil Aviation, Aerospace Industries Association, Arlington, VA [Testimony]

Panel VI: Military Implications for the United States

• Dr. Rebecca Grant, Director, The Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies, Washington, D.C.[Testimony]
• Mr. Jeff Hagen, Senior Engineer, The RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA [Testimony]