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dkrause on DSKHT7XVN1PROD with $$_JOB267management of border control, fire fighting, internal security, managingdisplaced persons, <strong>and</strong> operating refugee camps, interalia. 133 (For more information on <strong>China</strong>’s security polices related<strong>to</strong> North Korea, see chap. 3, sec. 1, of this Report.) Similarly, in<strong>China</strong>’s westernmost province of Xinjiang, the quasi-militaryXinjiang Production <strong>and</strong> Construction Corps plays a multifacetedrole in <strong>China</strong>’s political relationship with its Central Asian neighborsby managing border defense <strong>and</strong> meeting with foreign leaders.134 Provincial leaders <strong>and</strong> law enforcement personnel also arethe primary ac<strong>to</strong>rs dealing with transnational threats like human<strong>and</strong> drug trafficking, the spread of HIV/AIDS, <strong>and</strong> political crisesin bordering countries.* Coastal provinces also have provincialmaritime law enforcement programs, which add <strong>to</strong> <strong>China</strong>’s alreadyrobust maritime presence. 135 (For more information on <strong>China</strong>’smaritime policies in the South <strong>China</strong> Sea, see chap. 2, sec. 1, ofthis Report.)Nontraditional Chinese Foreign Policy Ac<strong>to</strong>rsAside from the official Chinese ac<strong>to</strong>rs that are responsible forcreating <strong>and</strong> implementing Chinese foreign policy, a number ofnontraditional ac<strong>to</strong>rs are increasing in importance. SOEs <strong>and</strong>state-owned banks, Chinese academics <strong>and</strong> think tanks, <strong>and</strong> agrowing number of Internet users are all beginning <strong>to</strong> have a voicein foreign affairs <strong>and</strong> are seeking ways <strong>to</strong> become more influentialin the policy-making process.State-owned EnterprisesAs <strong>China</strong>’s SOEs have exp<strong>and</strong>ed their global reach, their influencein <strong>China</strong>’s foreign policy-making has grown as well. LargeSOEs dominate strategic industries, such as the energy <strong>and</strong> telecommunicationssec<strong>to</strong>rs, providing them with many connections <strong>to</strong>Beijing’s political elites. These companies influence foreign policyby virtue of their leaders’ access <strong>to</strong> official policy-making bodies,their expertise in national strategic industries, <strong>and</strong> their employmen<strong>to</strong>f Chinese workers <strong>and</strong> provision of capital for Beijing. 136(For more information on <strong>China</strong>’s SOEs, see chap. 1, sec. 2, of thisReport.)Executives of SOEs, especially those in strategic sec<strong>to</strong>rs like petroleum,minerals, nuclear, <strong>and</strong> defense, often have membership inor access <strong>to</strong> official decision-making bodies in <strong>China</strong>. Heads of allmajor SOEs under the central government are appointed by theparty’s Organization Department <strong>and</strong> Ministry of Personnel, <strong>and</strong>some of these individuals hold ministerial or vice-ministerial rankor serve as alternate members of the CCP Central Committee (forexample, the general managers of <strong>China</strong>’s three largest stateownedoil companies are vice ministers). 137 While these official positionsdo not give companies power <strong>to</strong> make important foreign pol-* Yunnan <strong>and</strong> Guangxi provinces also work <strong>to</strong> resolve transnational security problems throughparticipation in the Greater Mekong Subregion, a cooperation organization in which these provinces<strong>and</strong> five Southeast Asian nations work with the Asian Development Bank <strong>and</strong> other partners<strong>to</strong> enhance cooperation in nine security, economic, cultural, technological, <strong>and</strong> environmentalsec<strong>to</strong>rs. Asian Development Bank, ‘‘Greater Mekong Subregion’’ (Manila, Philippines:July 22, <strong>2011</strong>). http://www.adb.org/gms/; Carla Freeman <strong>and</strong> Drew Thompson, <strong>China</strong> on theEdge: <strong>China</strong>’s Border Provinces <strong>and</strong> Chinese <strong>Security</strong> Policy (Washing<strong>to</strong>n, DC: The Center forthe National Interest <strong>and</strong> The Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, April<strong>2011</strong>), pp. 71–73. http://www.cftni.org/<strong>China</strong>_on_the_Edge_April_<strong>2011</strong>.pdf.VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:46 Nov 10, <strong>2011</strong> Jkt 067464 PO 00000 Frm 00279 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 G:\GSDD\USCC\<strong>2011</strong>\067464.XXX 067464

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