国内英语资讯:China, U.S. pledge to promote agricultural cooperation_时事

国内英语资讯:China, U.S. pledge to promote agricultural cooperation

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Officials from China and United States on Tuesday hailed the two countries' agriculture cooperation and pledged to strengthen the partnership.

Agriculture is one of the earliest, most productive and potential areas for Sino-U.S. cooperation, said Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang at the China-U.S. Agriculture and Food Seminar held during the 27th Session of the China-U.S. Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT).

"In the past 15 years since China joined the World Trade Organization, bilateral agricultural trade volume witnessed an average annual growth of 17 percent, reaching 32.1 billion US dollars last year," said Wang.

The agricultural cooperation between China and the United States has made fruitful achievements in trade and investment, technology exchange and personnel training, and has made important contributions to the development of Sino-U.S. relationship, he said.

"The growth of food and agriculture trade between our nations is impressive," said U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman.

"From 2000 to 2017, U.S. agriculture exports to China increased eleven-fold, and China's agriculture exports to the United States grew seven-fold," said Froman, adding "China has been one of our top export markets for our food and agriculture exports for some time."

"The United States remained committed to partnering with China to achieve our mutual goals of protecting human health and food safety while facilitating and expanding trade,"said Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.