China said on Friday that it plans to launch a national emission trading system in 2017, part of a joint presidential statement issued by China and the United States on Friday.
US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will spotlight the shared determination of the leaders of the world's two largest economies to forge a climate change accord in Paris in December that commits every country to curbing their emissions.
China and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding on foreign aid cooperation on Friday in Washington during President Xi Jinping's state visit to the US.
Editor's note: President Xi Jinping has frequently spoke of business opportunities in China for foreign investors in his several speeches made in the ongoing US trip. China Daily reporters have interviewed a group of senior US business executives to learn their views.
President Xi Jinping, addressing CEOs from 30 leading companies on Wednesday, said that China was taking steps to make its markets more accessible.
President Xi Jinping's speech in Seattle on Tuesday was widely applauded by opinion leaders in the United States.
Mutual trust, less suspicion and more candid talk should be the ingredients to help China and the United States seek common ground and solve difficult problems when it comes to the Internet, said industry players, government officials and scholars at the US-China Internet Industry Forum on Wednesday in Redmond, Washington.
Leaders of major Chinese Internet companies said on Wednesday that they are ready to cooperate with their US counterparts to meet challenges together, including cyberattacks and exploring business opportunities:
There is something in the air in the Emerald City. It could be the golden glow as leaves turn from green to yellow or red.
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