Xi sees great promise for local ties

He cites environmental protection and agriculture as examples of areas where collaboration will help

President Xi Jinping saidhe envisions great prospects for economic and environmental cooperation between local governments in China and the United States.

"The quality of cooperation at local government levels matters much to the implementation of State-level cooperation," Xi said at the third US-China Governors Forum in Seattle on Tuesday as he recalled his years of working in local government. "Hence, I have always attached importance to the local cooperation between China and the US."