AGENDA
Hearing on "CCP Decision-Making and the 20th Party Congress"
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 419, and Webex
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Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioner Derek Scissors and Commissioner Jeffrey Fiedler
9:15 AM – 9:25 AM: Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
9:25 AM – 10:55 AM: Panel I: Elite Politics in China and the 20th Party Congress
- Joseph Fewsmith, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University [Testimony]
- Jessica Teets, Associate Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College [Testimony]
- Neil Thomas, Analyst, China and Northeast Asia, Eurasia Group [Testimony]
10:55 AM – 11:05 AM: Break
11:05 AM – 12:35 PM: Panel II: Economic Policy Decision-Making
- Victor Shih, Associate Professor of Political Economy and Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations, University of California San Diego [Testimony]
- Nis Grünberg, Lead Analyst, Mercator Institute for China Studies [Testimony]
- Yuen Yuen Ang, Associate Professor, University of Michigan [Testimony]
12:35 PM – 1:35 PM: Lunch Break
1:35 PM – 3:35 PM: Panel III: Foreign Policy and National Security Decision-Making
- Yun Sun, Senior Fellow and Co-Director, East Asia Program, Director, China Program, Stimson Center [Testimony]
- James Mulvenon, Director, Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis (CIRA), SOSi [Testimony]
- Joel Wuthnow, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University [Testimony]
- Roderick Lee, Research Director, U.S. Air Force China Aerospace Studies Institute [Testimony]
3:35 PM – 3:40 PM: Closing Remarks
3:40 PM: Adjourn
STATEMENTS FOR THE RECORD:
- Alex He, Research Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation [Statement]
- Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Senior Researcher at the French Center for Scientific Research, Paris, France; Research Professor of Political Science, Hong Kong Baptist University [Statement]
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