Hearing: China’s Information Control Practices and the Implications for the United States

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioners Robin Cleveland and Jeffrey L. Fiedler

AGENDA

9:00 am – 9:05 am                         Commissioners’ Opening Remarks

9:05 am – 9:30 am                         Panel I: Congressional Perspective

• Representative Chris Smith (R), New Jersey’s 4th District [Testimony]

9:30 am – 11:00 am                       Panel II: Security and Exchange Commission Perspectives
                                                           

• Paul M. Dudek, Chief, Office of International Corporate Finance, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC [Testimony]

11:10 am – 12:40 pm                     Panel III: Information for Investors

• Mr. Peter M. Friedman, Attorney, New York, NY [Testimony]
• Mr. James V. Feinerman, Professor, Georgetown University Law School, Washington, DC [Testimony]

12:40 pm – 1:30 pm                       Lunch Break

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm                         Panel IV: China’s “State Secret” Laws

• Mr. Gordon G. Chang, Author and Forbes.com Columnist, Bedminster, NJ [Testimony]
• Mr. Mitchell Silk, Partner, Allen & Overy LLP, New York, NY [Testimony]

3:10 pm – 4:40 pm                         Panel V: The Internet and Baidu

• Ms. Rebecca MacKinnon, Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation, Washington, DC [Testimony]
• Ms. Rebecca Fannin, Author, “Silicon Dragon,” New York, NY [Testimony]