09
June 2025
Past Event
Why the US Needs to Win the Biotechnology Race against the CCP

Event will also air live on this page.

 

 

Inquiries: tmagnuson@hudson.org.

Why the US Needs to Win the Biotechnology Race against the CCP

Past Event
Hudson Institute
June 09, 2025
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An instrument analyzes the protein structure of a cell at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, on March 7, 2024. (Getty Images)
09
June 2025
Past Event

Event will also air live on this page.

 

 

Inquiries: tmagnuson@hudson.org.

Speakers:
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Dr. Jason Kelly

CEO, Ginkgo Bioworks

Many of the Chinese government’s biotechnology programs may sound like science fiction. But there is strong evidence that China is forcibly collecting citizens’ DNA for surveillance and research, studying the genetic enhancement of humans for military purposes, and working to create genetically selective bioweapons. Along with posing moral and ethical issues, this research constitutes a grave national security threat to the United States.

Dr. Jason Kelly, CEO of Ginkgo Bioworks, is one of the leading experts on these programs. He will join Hudson’s Mike Gallagher, former chair the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, to discuss why the US needs to win the biotechnology race against the CCP.

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