AGENDA
Hearing on "China’s Stockpiling and Mobilization Measures for Competition and Conflict"
Thursday, June 13, 2024
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Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioner Cliff Sims [Opening Statement] and Commissioner Carte Goodwin [Opening Statement]
9:30 AM – 9:40 AM: Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
9:40 AM – 11:10 AM: Panel I: The CCP’s Focus on National Security and Tools for Political Mobilization
- Manoj Kewalramani, Chair of the Indo-Pacific Research Programme and China Studies Fellow at the Takshashila Institution [Testimony]
- Katja Drinhausen, Head of the Politics and Society Program, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) [Testimony]
- Lauri Paltemaa, Professor, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Turku [Testimony]
11:10 AM – 11:20 AM: Break
11:20 AM – 12:50 PM: Panel II: China’s Approach to Self-Sufficiency, Stockpiling and Sanctions Preparedness
- Gustavo Ferreira, Senior Agricultural Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Army Reserve Officer [Testimony]
- Gabe Collins, Baker Botts Fellow Energy & Environmental Regulatory Affairs, Baker Institute [Testimony]
- Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Maurice R. Greenberg Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign Relations [Testimony]
12:50 PM – 1:50 PM: Lunch Break
1:50 PM – 3:00 PM: Panel III: Reforms and Challenges of China’s National Defense Mobilization System
- Timothy Heath, Senior International/Defense Researcher, Rand [Testimony]
- Devin Thorne, Principal Threat Intelligence Analyst, Recorded Future [Testimony]
3:00 PM – 3:05 PM: Closing Remarks
3:05 PM: Adjourn
Statement for the Record
- Gregory Wischer, Founder and Principal, Dei Gratia Minerals [Statement]