The Challenge of China's Green Technology Policy and Ohio's Response

The Commission was created by Congress to advise it on policy towards the People's Republic of China. Each year, one of our hearings is held outside of Washington in order for us to see firsthand the impact of competition with China on a particular state or region. The Commission chose Ohio for its annual field hearing this year in part because it has long been a center of U. S. manufacturing, has had experience in adapting to the challenges of globalization and with competition from China. We're here to investigate several things including how China's efforts to create a powerful green technology exporting sector affect Ohio's efforts to develop clean and alternative energy technology. Is it competition? Is it opportunity? Or is it a little of both? We want to hear what the U. S. Congress can do to make domestic efforts more successful. We have a variety of excellent witnesses who have prepared insightful testimony for the Commission.