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U.S. and Chinese Presidents Make Energy Announcement

President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao have announced a far-reaching package of measures to strengthen cooperation between the United States and China on clean energy. The announcement includes the establishment of the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center. The Center will facilitate joint research and development of clean energy technologies by teams of scientists and engineers from the United States and China, as well as serve as a clearinghouse to help researchers in each country.

The two Presidents also announced the launch of the U.S.-China Electric Vehicles Initiative. Building on the first-ever US-China Electric Vehicle Forum in September 2009, the initiative will include joint standards development, demonstration projects in more than a dozen cities, technical roadmapping and public education projects.

Also announced were: U.S. China Renewable Energy Partnership; 21st Century Coal; Shale Gas Initiative and the U.S. China Energy Cooperation Program. This program will leverage private sector resources for project development work in China across a broad array of clean energy projects, to the benefit of both nations.