In California, Silicon Valley on China's High Technology Development

uscc.gov, Nov 28, 2005

U.S. -China Commission to hold hearing in Silicon Valley on China's High Technology Development

Date: April 13, 2005

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission will hold a two-day public hearing April 21- 22, 2005 at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, to examine China's High Technology Development. The hearing will examine China's global competitiveness in technology products, the Chinese government's strategies and policies for technology development, the dynamics of U.S.-China high-tech trade, and China's challenges to U.S. technology leadership. The event will also focus on China's weak intellectual property rights protections and how they affect China's technology development and U.S.-China trade in the entertainment industry. China's rapid economic expansion has been accompanied by significant advances in technology competitiveness. China has become a vital part of the global supply chain for technology goods as well as increasingly a center for technology research and development.

The Commission is holding this hearing in Silicon Valley given its central role as a hub of U.S. technology production and innovation. The Commission will hear from representatives of California technology and venture capital firms, leading trade associations for the electronics, semiconductor, and information technology industries, and the U.S. entertainment industry. Testimony will also be provided by expert analysts of China's technology development strategies and U.S. technology trends.