Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Hearing on "Food and Drug Safety, Public Health, and the Enviornment in China"

A Congressional hearing on the conditions in China, webcast live.

The recent bird flu outbreak, reports of dead pigs and contaminated food products, and dangerous levels of air pollution, have raised concerns among both China's own citizens and American consumers about the Chinese government's ability to cope with these problems. To what extent has China been forthcoming to its citizens and the international community about incidents involving pollution, food and drug safety, and public health hazards? What is the extent of Chinese cooperation with U.S. officials and the international community on these issues? And how much freedom do Chinese citizens, consumer groups, lawyers, and the media have to monitor and report on these issues and advocate for enforcement of the law and official accountability?

This hearing will be webcast live.
 

Witnesses:

Panel 1:

Anne Schuchat, MD (RADM, USPHS), Assistant Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service, Acting Director, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Steven M. Solomon, D.V.M., M.P.H., Associate Director for Global Operations and Policy in the Office of Global Regulatory Operations and Policy, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Panel 2:

Elizabeth C. Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Yanzhong Huang, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations

Tony Corbo, Senior Lobbyist for the Food Program, Food & Water Watch

Click here to download a copy of the Commission's full 2012 Annual Report.