Combating Human Trafficking in China:

Domestic and International Efforts

Monday, March 6 from 2 PM to 3:30 PM in Room 419 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China held a Commission hearing entitled "Combating Human Trafficking in China: Domestic and International Efforts," on Monday, March 6 from 2 - 3:30 PM in Room 419 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building . Senator Chuck Hagel, Chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, presided.

Human trafficking in China remains pervasive despite Chinese government support for some international efforts to stop trafficking and a framework of domestic laws to address the problem. Traffickers are often linked to organized crime and specialize in abducting infants and young children for adoption and household service. They also abduct girls and women both for the bridal market in China's poorest areas and for sale as prostitutes. This hearing will examine the causes of human trafficking in China and assess the work of international organizations and China's own efforts to stop trafficking in persons and rehabilitate victims.

 Statements of Members:

• Senator Chuck Hagel, Chairman, Congressional-Executive Commission on China
• Senator Sam Brownback
• Deputy Secretary of Labor Steven J. Law

Statements of panelists

Panel 1

The Honorable Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)
Vice Chairman
Committee on International Relations
U.S. House of Representatives

Panel 2

The Honorable John R. Miller
Ambassador-at-Large and Director
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Department of State

Panel 3

Roger Plant
Head
Special Action Program to Combat Forced Labor
International Labor Organization

Wenchi Yu Perkins
Director
Anti-Trafficking and Human Rights Program
Vital Voices

Abraham Lee
Director of Public Relations
Crossing Borders