ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY POWER OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.10 USC 113 note.

SEC. 1202. ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY POWER OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. (a) Annual Report.—Not later than March 1 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the specified congressional committees a report, in both classified and unclassified form, on the current and future military strategy of the People’s Republic of China. The report shall address the current and probable future course of military-technological development on the People’s Liberation Army and the tenets and probable development of Chinese grand strategy, security strategy, and military strategy, and of military organizations and operational concepts, through the next 20 years. (b) Matters to be Included.—Each report under this section shall include analyses and forecasts of the following: (1) The goals of Chinese grand strategy, security strategy, and military strategy. (2) Trends in Chinese strategy that would be designed to establish the People’s Republic of China as the leading political power in the Asia-Pacific region and as a political and military presence in other regions of the world. (3) The security situation in the Taiwan Strait. (4) Chinese strategy regarding Taiwan.113 STAT. 782 (5) The size, location, and capabilities of Chinese strategic, land, sea, and air forces, including detailed analysis of those forces facing Taiwan. (6) Developments in Chinese military doctrine, focusing on (but not limited to) efforts to exploit a transformation in military affairs or to conduct preemptive strikes. (7) Efforts, including technology transfers and espionage, by the People’s Republic of China to develop, acquire, or gain access to information, communication, space and other advanced technologies that would enhance military capabilities. (8) An assessment of any challenges during the preceding year to the deterrent forces of the Republic of China on Taiwan, consistent with the commitments made by the United States in the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96–8). (c) Specified Congressional Committees.—For purposes of this section, the term “specified congressional committees” means the following: (1) The Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. (2) The Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives.