Scientific collaboration between China and US key to tackling climate change, experts say
- President Xi told Politburo more joint scientific research on global issues is key to solving common development challenges
- The US has been China’s biggest research partner, but geopolitical tensions have been hindering cooperation
The two countries agreed to resume dialogue three months later, and global warming is now one of China’s top priorities when it comes to international scientific collaboration.
Xi said strengthening basic research was the key to making China a global science and technology power, and international cooperation and open sharing were more important than ever for a world tackling common development challenges.
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“We should plan forward and deepen our involvement in global science and technology governance, join or set up international science and technology organisations, and support universities, research institutes and scientific organisations to connect with the international community,” he said.
Zeng Zhenzhong, an associate professor in the school of environmental science and engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, said climate change was a common challenge that required scientific collaboration between the United States and China.
