# Notice of Open Public Hearing
**AGENCY:**
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
**ACTION:**
Notice of open public hearing—June 15, 2011 Washington, DC.
**SUMMARY:**
Notice is hereby given of the following hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
*Name:* William A. Reinsch, 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 June 15, 2011, to address “China's Five Year Plan, Indigenous Innovation and Technology Transfers, and Outsourcing.”
*Background:* This is the eighth public hearing the Commission will hold during its 2011 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 hearing will examine China's 12th Five-Year Plan, its “Indigenous Innovation” and industrial policies, and technology development and transfers to China. The hearing will be co-chaired by Vice Chairman Daniel Slane and Commissioner Patrick Mulloy.
Any interested party may file a written statement by June 15, 2011, by mailing to the contact below. A portion of each panel will include a question and answer period between the Commissioners and the witnesses.
Transcripts of past Commission public hearings may be obtained from the USCC Web Site *http://www.uscc.gov.*
*Date and Time:* Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 9 a.m.-3:15 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* as soon as available. Please check the Web site for possible changes to the hearing schedule.
**ADDRESSES:**
The hearing will be held in Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building, located at Constitution Avenue and 2nd Street, NE. in Washington, DC 20002.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Any member of the public seeking further information concerning the hearing should contact Michael Danis, Executive Director for the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 444 North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 602, Washington, DC 20001; phone: 202-624-1407, 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 (Pub. L. 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).
Date: June 1, 2011.
Michael Danis,
Executive Director, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.