# Notice of Open Public Hearing
**AGENCY:**
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
**ACTION:**
Notice of open public hearing—March 4, 2009, Washington, DC.
**SUMMARY:**
Notice is hereby given of the following hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
*Name:* Carolyn Bartholomew, Chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
The Commission is mandated by Congress to investigate, assess, and report to Congress annually on “the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China.”
Pursuant to this mandate, the Commission will hold a public hearing in Washington, DC on March 4, 2009 to address “China's Military and Security Activities Abroad.”
**Background**
This event is the second in a series of public hearings the Commission will hold during its 2009 report cycle to collect input from leading academic, industry, and government experts on national security implications of the U.S. bilateral trade and economic relationship with China. The March 4 hearing will examine the People's Liberation Army's domestic and foreign activities and orientation, China's expanding military and security influence, China's military operations abroad, and China's conventional arm sales.
The March 4 hearing will be Co-chaired by Commission Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew and Vice Chairman Larry M. Wortzel.
Information on hearings, as well as transcripts of past Commission hearings, can be obtained from the USCC Web site *http://www.uscc.gov* .
Copies of the hearing agenda will be made available on the Commission's Web site *http://www.uscc.gov* as soon as available. Any interested party may file a written statement by March 4, 2009, by mailing to the contact below. On March 4, the hearing will be held in two sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. A portion of each panel will include a question and answer period between the Commissioners and the witnesses.
*Date and Time:* Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. A detailed agenda for the hearing will be posted to the Commission's Web site at *http://www.uscc.gov* in the near future.
**ADDRESSES:**
The hearing will be held on Capitol Hill in Room 562 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building located at First Street and Constitution Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20510. Public seating is limited to about 50 people on a first come, first served basis. Advance reservations are not required.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Any member of the public wishing further information concerning the hearing should contact Kathy Michels, Associate Director for the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 444 North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 602, Washington, DC 20001; phone: 202-624-1409, or via e-mail at *[email protected]* .
**Authority:**
Congress created the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission in 2000 in the National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law 106-398), as amended by Division P of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Pub. L. 108-7), as amended by Public Law 109-108 (November 22, 2005).
Dated: January 27, 2009.
Kathleen J. Michels,
Associate Director, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.