China And The United States Signed A Number Of Economic And Trade Cooperation Documents&Nbsp& Nbsp; Involved In Investment, Trade And Other Fields

The 21st session China US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade It was held in Washington, the capital of the United States, from the 14th to the 15th. Vice Premier Wang Qishan of the State Council of China, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Trade Representative Kirk of the United States co chaired the meeting.

Wang Qishan said that the current world economy is recovering slowly. In the face of extremely complex situations, as the largest developing country and the largest developed country, China and the United States should strengthen confidence, strengthen cooperation, jointly address challenges, and promote strong, sustainable and balanced growth of the two countries and the global economy.

Wang Qishan pointed out that economic and trade cooperation is an important cornerstone of China US relations. The highly complementary nature of the Chinese and American economies determines that the two sides are not rivals in the zero sum game, but Mutual benefit Partner of. At present, China is formulating the 12th Five Year Plan to accelerate the transformation of the economic development mode, adjust the economic structure, expand domestic demand and improve people's livelihood. The United States is also promoting economic transformation, developing new energy and other emerging industries, and implementing the export doubling plan. The China US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade is an important platform for economic and trade cooperation between the two countries and has played an important role in the healthy and stable development of China US relations. It is hoped that both sides will take this Joint Committee as an opportunity to strive to achieve more mutually beneficial and win-win results.

Locke and Kirk said that the United States and China are important economic and trade partners to each other, and it is vital for the two countries and the world economy to maintain the healthy development of their economic and trade relations. The United States and China should work together to increase exchanges and communications through the JCCT platform, properly handle issues in economic and trade cooperation, expand mutually beneficial and win-win outcomes, and benefit the two peoples.

The meeting summarized the work of both sides since the last Joint Committee, discussed important issues in current bilateral economic and trade relations, and reached a series of consensus. The two sides agreed to actively promote China US comprehensive economic cooperation; We will continue to maintain an open, fair and transparent business and investment environment and be open to foreign investment; Actively promote exchanges and cooperation in agriculture, energy and environmental protection, smart grid international standard formulation, express supervision and other fields; To explore the establishment of a framework for bilateral cooperation on intellectual property rights.

The Chinese side reiterated that, on the basis of scientific principles and on the premise of meeting China's inspection and quarantine conditions, it would resume the import of boneless beef and beef with bones under 30 months of age. The Chinese side announced the lifting of the ban on avian influenza in Idaho and Kentucky; Deeply carry out special actions to crack down on intellectual property infringement and manufacture and sale of counterfeit and shoddy goods, and actively promote the legalization of software; The revised third bid list of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement will be submitted in 2011; In the bidding of national wind power concession project units, the performance of wind power equipment application at home and abroad is also treated; Adjust the expired Guiding Catalogue for Independent Innovation of Major Technical Equipment in 2011; For 4G technical standards, telecom operators can choose from the relevant range according to market principles and their own needs; Further simplify the mobile phone model approval and access permit detection procedures, and adjust the charging standards; Set up a counterfeit drug complaint and reporting center as soon as possible; Implement the third phase plan under the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding on Chinese Citizens' Team Tourism Cooperation to the United States.

The US side said that it would seriously consider China's concern for market economy status, and was willing to strengthen communication with China to speed up the process of final recognition of China's market economy status; In the process of promoting the reform of the export management system, seriously consider the comments put forward by China; Actively consider the application of Chinese enterprises for importing controlled civil high-tech items; Follow WTO rules and use trade remedy measures cautiously; To solve the problem of exporting Chinese cooked poultry to the United States as soon as possible; In the first half of 2011, complete the risk assessment procedures for Asian Pears in China, and issue the draft regulations for Asian Pears to be exported to the United States as soon as possible; Promulgate the final Regulations on the Export of Chinese Wooden Crafts to the United States as soon as possible, narrow the scope of application of the regulations to products that may have risks, and resume trade in accordance with the heating treatment method agreed by both parties; Both parties agree to establish a bonsai quarantine technical expert group to study and solve the existing problems; The US side will speed up the approval process of the patent application of China Xidian Jietong Company; Implement the training program for Chinese trademark examiners as soon as possible.

The two sides also signed Several economic and trade cooperation documents It covers investment promotion, agriculture, inspection and quarantine, energy, water conservancy, trade statistics and other fields.