Vice Foreign Minister Cao Jianlin meets with delegation of the United States to emphasize energy conservation in science and technology

On October 10, 2008, Cao Jianlin, Vice Minister of science and technology, met with the US delegation headed by Secretary General of the United States Treasury Secretary, Ms. Taea Smith. The two sides in the framework of the strategic economic dialogue between China and the United States to further implement the framework of Sino US cooperation in energy and environment ten years and other issues in-depth exchange of views.

Secretary General Smith to Vice Minister Cao introduced the fourth Sino US strategic economic dialogue after the implementation of "Sino US ten year energy and environment cooperation framework" the progress of the work, including the selection of city and city China counterparts establish ecological partnership in the United States, so as to promote the two sides in power generation and transmission of energy and transportation energy saving and emission reduction, wetland natural resources protection and other substantive cooperation. Vice Minister Cao pointed out that the Ministry of science and technology to focus on energy conservation, the use of the Olympic Games in Beijing, including semiconductor lighting (LED), clean energy vehicles and other energy-saving emission reduction technology achievements. He said the Ministry of science and technology will actively cooperate with the United States and China ten years of energy and environment cooperation framework, China's leading units to do the work, to promote cooperation between the two governments, enterprises, research institutes and universities in the field.

The two sides also jointly held the second China US Innovation Conference, the Fifth China US strategic economic dialogue and other matters agreed to do the preparatory work for early December this year held.

U.S. delegation consists of the Ministry of finance, the State Council, the U.S. Department of energy. The head of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of science and technology was present at the meeting.

Source: Ministry of science website