China, US should cooperate on energy, environment, food safety: Vice Premier
4/12/2008 16:19
China and the United States should further cooperate on energy,
environment, as well as the safety of products, food and drugs, said Vice
Premier Wang Qishan in Beijing today.
Wang made the remarks when addressing
the opening ceremony of the fifth strategic economic dialogue (SED) in the
morning.
Wang said China and the United States have great potential if they
cooperate on energy and environment, and have already achieved progress in
fields of water, atmosphere, electric power, transportation, forestry and
wetlands since the two countries signed framework agreements on energy and
environment.
Citing the US leading advantages in energy and environment
technology, Wang said China now is working on saving energy and reducing
emissions, and hopes to continuously conduct closer technological cooperation
with the United States.
"We hope the US side could strengthen technology
transfers to China and implement more concrete measures to promote energy and
environment cooperation," he said.
On the safety of products, food and drugs,
Wang said China and the United States share wide interests.
The US Food and
Drug Administration opened three offices in China last month to help ensure
export safety while China is preparing to place offices in the US as
well.
"It is a fresh measure taken to meet new needs, helpful for our two
nations to enhance communication, deepen mutual trust and learn from each
other," Wang said.
"I hope we both will take this opportunity to continuously
strengthen cooperation on investigating technology, process inspection and
information sharing," he added.
Initiated by the two presidents in 2006, the
twice-yearly SED is the highest-level of dialogue between the two nations.
Beijing is hosting the current two-day session.
Xinhua
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