holdren. in electronic vehicle initiative and energy efficiency action plan, green global partnership, 21st century coal initiative and a business cooperation program we called the energy cooperation program. this reflects the potential for the queen energy cooperation and today the department of energy's is on our website www.energy.gov that provides the details of the work done for what last year in the u.s.-china initiative. let me just talk about a few of them be the flagship program here at the research center is the first of its kind, joint clean energy brings together teams of u.s. and chinese scientific engineers more than 150 of whom have come to washington, d.c. today and tomorrow and many are here in the room. thank you for your commitment to this work, a hugely important and a tremendous opportunity we believe. $150 million of public funding over five years split evenly between the two countries. the past couple of weeks it had people tell me both that's too little and too much so

holdren. in electronic vehicle initiative and energy efficiency action plan, green global partnership, 21st century coal initiative and a business cooperation program we called the energy cooperation program. this reflects the potential for the queen energy cooperation and today the department of energy's is on our website www.energy.gov that provides the details of the work done for what last year in the u.s.-china initiative. let me just talk about a few of them be the flagship program here at the research center is the first of its kind, joint clean energy brings together teams of u.s. and chinese scientific engineers more than 150 of whom have come to washington, d.c. today and tomorrow and many are here in the room. thank you for your commitment to this work, a hugely important and a tremendous opportunity we believe. $150 million of public funding over five years split evenly between the two countries. the past couple of weeks it had people tell me both that's too little and too much so

holdren, mr.sandalow, assistant secretary, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. i'm very glad to turn the china of u.s. relations for a for the 21st century and the session of strategic forum on u.s.-china clean energy cooperation. i believe cooperation is highly important. this is what we need urgently. on behalf of the ministry of science and technology of china i would like to congratulate on the convening of this form. my thanks go to the brookings institute and the china institute for innovation development strategy for your preparation and arrangements. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, efforts of the international community, the world economy is slowly recovering. but this recovery is after the basis with the balanced progress and certain uncertainties. meanwhile, however, as my friend, dr. holdren, mentioned climate change, energy and resource security, a major natural disasters, etc. as well as over global challenges against more prominence. but energy development f