Beijing-The United States and China will work together to develop and to deploy clean energy technology and to coordinate policies and plans ahead of December's U.N. climate change summit in Copenhagen, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Feb. 21.rnIn a joint news conference in Beijing with China's foreign minister, Clinton said the two countries had agreed to continue with a climate change technology accord approved under the Bush administration last year. That agreement set forth a 10-year energy and environment collaboration framework, in part to increase technology transfers.rnThe two countries "will build an important partnership" to develop and to employ clean technology, including renewable energy resources, carbon capture from coal-fired power plants, and energy efficiency measures, Clinton said. The U.S. secretary of state made climate change issues a centerpiece of her three-day trip to China, the final leg of her first overseas tour since taking over the State Department.rnThe visit yielded no new accords, but rather set the groundwork for Sino-American relations under the Obama administration.
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