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| Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and U.S. President Barack Obama attend a joint press conference following their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 12, 2014. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing) |
BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- China and the United States issued a joint statement on climate change to strengthen cooperation in tackling the global challenge, it was announced after Chinese and U.S. presidents held talks here Wednesday.
The two countries announced their respective post-2020 goals of coping with climate change. They will also jointly push international climate change negotiations for a new agreement to be reached as planned at a conference in Paris next year, according to a press release.
China and U.S. will also step up cooperation in the fields of clean energy and environmental protection, said the press release.
President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held talks with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama, underscoring commitment to building a new type of major-country relations between the world's two largest economies.
Obama arrived in Beijing Monday to attend the 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting and pay a state visit to China at Xi's invitation.
