[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68384-68385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28055]


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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION


Notice of Open Public Hearing

AGENCY: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Official Public Release of the Commission's 2015 
Annual Report to Congress on November 18, 2015, Washington, DC.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following public 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 
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and the People's Republic of China.'' Pursuant to this mandate, the 
Commission will hold an official public release of the Commission's 
2015 Annual Report to Congress on November 18, 2015.
    Purpose of Meeting: Pursuant to this mandate, the Commission will 
hold an official public conference in Washington, DC to release the 
2015 Annual Report on November 18, 2015.
    The Commission is subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA) with the enactment of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 that was signed into law on 
November 22, 2005 (Public Law 109-108). In accord with FACA, meetings 
of the Commission to make decisions concerning the substance and 
recommendations of its 2015 Annual Report to Congress are open to the 
public.
    Topics Addressed:
    The Commission's 2015 Annual Report contains the following chapters 
and sections:

Chapter 1: U.S.-China Economic and Trade Relations
    Section 1: Year in Review: Economics and Trade
    Section 2: Foreign Investment Climate in China
    Section 3: China's State-Led Market Reform and Competitiveness 
Agenda
    Section 4: Commercial Cyber Espionage and Barriers to Digital Trade 
in China
Chapter 2: Security and Foreign Policy Issues Involving China
    Section 1: Year in Review: Security and Foreign Affairs
    Section 2: China's Space and Counterspace Programs
    Section 3: China's Offensive Missile Forces
Chapter 3: China and the World
    Section 1: China and Central Asia
    Section 2: China and Southeast Asia
    Section 3: Taiwan
    Section 4: Hong Kong

    Location, Date and Time: Room TBA. Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 
Time TBA. Please check our Web site, www.uscc.gov, for possible changes 
to the public meeting and for information on the meeting location.
    Reservations are not required to attend the hearing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public seeking 
further information concerning the hearing should contact Anthony 
DeMarino, 444 North Capitol Street NW., Suite 602, Washington, DC 
20001; phone: 202-624-1496, or via email at [email protected]. 
Reservations are not required to attend the hearing.

    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 (Public Law 108-7), as amended by 
Public Law 109-108 (November 22, 2005), as amended by Public Law 
113-291 (December 19, 2014).

    Dated: October 29, 2015.
Michael Danis,
Executive Director, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
[FR Doc. 2015-28055 Filed 11-3-15; 8:45 am]
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