Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 2005. One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, November 2005

摘要

This is the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission's third Annual Report to the Congress, pursuant to Public Law 106398 (October 30, 2000), as amended by Division P of P.L. 1087 (February 20, 2003), responding to the mandate for the Commission to monitor and investigate and report to Congress on the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the Peoples Republic of China. The Commission has again reached a broad and bipartisan consensus, approving the Report by a vote of 11 ayes to 1 nay. The report includes detailed treatment of our investigations of the areas identified by the Congress for our examination and recommendations in the amendments of 2003. These areas are Chinas proliferation practices; Chinas economic and security impacts in Asia (we included a review of the Six-Party Talks to secure a termination of North Koreas nuclear weapons programs); Chinas economic reforms and U.S. economic transfers to China; Chinas energy needs; Chinas impact on the process known as globalization; the security implications of Chinese firms access to U.S. capital markets; U.S. investment in China; U.S.-China bilateral programs and agreements; Chinas record of compliance with its World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments; and the Chinese governments media control actions. The Commission conducted its work through an extensive set of 14 hearings, taking testimony from over 150 witnesses from the Congress, the executive branch, industry, academia, policy groups, and other experts. It conducted those hearings in Washington, D.C. and in various other localesSeattle, Washington; Palo Alto, California; Akron, Ohio; and New York Cityto assess Chinas impact in various sectors, industries, and regions of the United States. Commissioners also conducted official visits to China (hosted by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Brussels, and Geneva. In all these visits, the Commission delegation met with the official U.S. government representatives, officials of the host government, representatives of U.S. and foreign business interests, representatives of American news media, and outside local experts. For each of its hearings, the Commission produced a transcript and a letter of transmittal to the Congress containing findings and recommendations.