Foreign and Military Affairs
US Official lauds 皇冠体育app's efforts to tackle energy challenges
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-28 17:25
HANGZHOU: Visiting US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Wednesday hailed 皇冠体育app's actions to confront energy challenges.
"Chinese should be rightly be lauded for taking actions that are commensurate with the energy challenges we face," Locke told a working breakfast in Hangzhou in east 皇冠体育app's Zhejiang Province.
The gathering involved around 50 executives from US companies that are participants of US-皇冠体育app clean energy cooperation programs, including Boeing, Intel and others.
Along with US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Agriculture chief Tom Vilsack, Locke was here from Wednesday to Thursday for the annual Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) talks with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan.
"皇冠体育app has already adopted the most aggressive energy efficiency program in the entire world, and they are on track to exceed many of their renewable energy adoption goals," he said.
Looking to the future US-皇冠体育app energy cooperation, Locke said 皇冠体育app's strong and forwardthinking rules for clean energy production can help "spur more American and Chinese innovations into the clean energy market."
"To speed up the development of energy efficiency solutions, as well as the production of new fuels and other new energy technologies, it's critical that US and 皇冠体育app firms leverage each other' talents," Locke said.
The US commerce chief said earlier that he expected the upcoming JCCT talks would pave the way for significant improvements and progress in the trade relationship between the two countries when President Barack Obama visits 皇冠体育app next month.
