State Dept. on U.S.-China Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesperson
July 12, 2012
U.S.-China Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region
On the occasion of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), the United States and
China underscored the benefits to the United States and China, the Asia-Pacific
region, and the international community of building a U.S.-China cooperative
partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefit and fostering a new type
of relationship between major countries. Toward this end, through regular and
substantive dialogue and consultation, the United States and China are
developing cooperative activities throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
At this year's ARF, the two countries pledged to enhance and initiate
collaborative efforts in the region, including in the areas of science and
technology, climate change, disaster warning and response, energy policy, forest
management, fisheries management, disease detection and control, and wildlife
protection and conservation. Recent accomplishments in U.S.-China cooperation in
the Asia-Pacific include:
.. Disaster relief: The United States and China co-hosted the ASEAN
Regional Forum Seminar on the Laws and Regulations on Participation in
International Disaster Relief by Armed Forces in Beijing, June 10-12,
2012.
.. Disaster response: The United States and China jointly funded and
participated in an urban search and rescue (USAR) training exercise aimed at
improving USAR capacity of Indonesia and other Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) member states. The International Search and Rescue Advisory
Group (INSARAG) Asia Pacific Regional Earthquake Response Exercise, jointly
funded by USAID and the China Earthquake Administration, was hosted by the
Government of Indonesia National Search and Rescue Agency and held in Padang,
West Sumatra, Indonesia, May 29-June 1, 2012.
.. Disaster warning: The United States and China decided to sign a Letter
of Intent for a Collaborative Oceanographic Scientific Research Pilot Project
for the Development of South Sea Real-Time Tsunami Forecasting Capabilities
between the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and
China's National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center in the State Oceanic
Administration (SOA).
.. Science and technology: The United States and China signed the Framework
Plan for Ocean and Fishery Science and Technology Cooperation between NOAA and
SOA.
.. Climate change: The United States and China are developing the Indian
Ocean Southern Climate Observation, Reanalysis, and Prediction (ISOCORE)
Program.
.. Energy policy: The United States and China are participating as partners
in the Asia-Pacific Energy Regulatory Forum (APERF) to facilitate sharing of
information on energy regulatory and policy practice and experience in the
Asia-Pacific Region, with China to attend the U.S.-hosted APERF meeting in
Washington, D.C., in August 2012.
.. Wildlife protection: The United States and China participated in a
Special Investigations Group meeting led by the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement
Network (ASEAN-WEN) in Nanning, China, in June 2012.
.. Forest management: The United States and China are strengthening
cooperation and exchange through the Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest
Management and Rehabilitation (APFnet).
.. Wildlife conservation: The United States and China are collaborating on
wild tiger conservation, including in the Asia-Pacific.
.. Disease detection and control: The United States and China intend to
expand collaboration between the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) and China's CDC to strengthen disease detection and control capabilities
and networks in the Asia-Pacific.
.. Fisheries management: The United States and China reaffirmed their
commitment to expand cooperation on fisheries management and jointly support the
creation of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission.
(Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State.)
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