BEIJING--TherelationshipbetweenChinaandtheUnitedStateshasmadeagoodstartsinceUSPresidentBarackObamatookoffice,saidChineseVicePresidentXiJinpinghereWednesdayduringameetingwithJohnKerry,chairmanoftheUSSenateCommitteeonForeignRelations.
XicitedthemeetingofthetwoheadsofstateinLondonlastmonth,whentheyreachedconsensusonsettingupstrategicandeconomicdialoguemechanisms,jointlycopingwiththeinternationalfinancialcrisis,andstrengtheningcoordinationandcooperationonbilateralandmajorinternationalandregionalissues.
XisaidtheChinesegovernmenthadpaidgreatattentiontoenergy,environment,andclimatechange,andtakenresourceconservationandenvironmentalprotectionasbasicstatepolicies.
Asthelargestenergyproducersandconsumersintheworld,monchallengesaswellasimportantfoundationsforcooperationintheenergyandenvironmentalfields,hesaid.
Heindicatedthetwocountriescouldcooperateonenergyefficiency,new,renewableandcleanenergies.
Xisaidclimatechangewasamajorchallengeforthewholeworldandrequiredcooperation,butthisshouldadheretotheprinciplesofmonbutdifferentiatedresponsibilities".
essoftheCopenhagenconferenceonclimatechangelaterthisyear.
KerrysaidtheUS-Chinarelationshipwasoneofthemostimportantbilaterallinksintheworld,andtheUSgovernmentandcongressattachedimportancetoit.
HesaidtheUSwouldmakeitsowneffortstoimprovecoordinationandcooperationwithChina.