China’s Pursuit of Defense Technologies: Implications for U.S. and Multilateral Export Control and Investment Screening Regimes

AGENDA

Hearing on "China’s Pursuit of Defense Technologies: Implications for U.S. and Multilateral Export Control and Investment Screening Regimes" 

Thursday, April 13, 2023

Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 419, and Webex

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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