(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2008-01-09 17:32

The US Clean-Energy Technologies Trade Mission led by US Commerce Assistant Secretary David Bohigian is in China for a visit on January 8-13. David Bohigian had his first try at chatting with Chinese netizens today in Beijing, when he was interviewed by Zhang Xiaogang, senior consultant of China Daily.

 

 

China Daily: Today we have the honor to have the US Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Mr. David Bohigian here to share with us his views on the prospective of the two countries' cooperation in cleantech and energy. Let me first ask one question, also on behalf of some people who sent in their questions. Mr Bohigian, is this the first time you have visited China or have you already visited this country many times?

Bohigian: First of all thank you for the ability to talk today and I really appreciate the opportunity to talk directly to the netizens out there. This is not my first trip to China. It's been a real opportunity for me over the last five years to travel to China several times and see the enormous growth. My job is based on international economic policy and certainly China and the United States have very much to gain by working together on knocking down trade barriers and working cooperatively in fields such as alternative energy.

 

 Bohigian chats with Chinese citizens - video (II)

 Bohigian chats with Chinese citizens - audio (I)

 Bohigian chats with Chinese citizens - audio (II)