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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 601 

Recognizing 35 years of cooperation in science and technology between the 

United States and the People’s Republic of China. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 12, 2014 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. KIRK, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr. CARDIN) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing 35 years of cooperation in science and technology between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. 

Whereas mutually beneficial cooperation between the Governments of the People’s Republic of China and the United 

States in promoting science and technology has made tremendous strides since the signing of the Agreement Between the Government of the United States and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on Cooperation in Science and Technology, done at Washington January 31, 1979, which was the first inter-governmental 

agreement since the United States and the People’s Republic of China established diplomatic relations in 1979; 


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Whereas the Governments of the People’s Republic of China 

and the United States have become active partners in 

fostering research and innovation since the signing of the 

Agreement Between the Government of the United States 

and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on 

Cooperation in Science and Technology in 1979; 

Whereas cooperation in science and technology since 1979 

has brought numerous benefits to both countries, including— 

(1) shared information on issues such as climate 

variability, seismic activity, and agricultural science; 

(2) joint publication of scientific and technological 

research; and 

(3) exchange of technical assistance and best practices in areas such as food and pharmaceutical safety and 

environmental cleanup; 

Whereas the continued promotion of science and technology 

in both countries holds the potential to advance shared 

interests, as well as the interests of United States partners and allies in the region and globally, including in 

mitigating the effects of climate change, securing the 

availability of water, food and energy, and improving 

public health, disease prevention, and pandemic response; 

Whereas the government-to-government relationship conducted under the Agreement Between the Government of 

the United States and the Government of the People’s 

Republic of China on Cooperation in Science and Technology now consists of some 30 subordinate agency-toagency protocols, including— 

(1) cooperation between the Department of Energy 

and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology to 

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vances in clean vehicles, advanced coal technology, and 

building energy efficiency; 

(2) cooperation between the Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and the Chinese 

Ministry of Science and Technology on agricultural biotechnology, natural resource management, food safety, 

and similar issues; 

(3) cooperation between the National Institutes of 

Health and the counterparts in China, including the Natural Science Foundation of China and Chinese Ministry 

of Science and Technology to conduct basic and clinical 

biomedical research; 

(4) cooperation between the Environmental Protection Agency and the counterparts in China, including the 

Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection to support 

joint environmental research, and to exchange best practices on environmental legislation and enforcement; 

(5) exchange of personnel between the Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention to develop information exchange and response mechanisms for influenza 

pandemics; 

(6) collaboration between the Food and Drug Administration and food and medical regulators in China to 

enhance the safety of imported food and medical products 

from China through better information sharing and access to production facilities; and 

(7) collaboration between the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention and Peking University Health 

Center (former Beijing Medical University) to study child 

health issues and health hazards caused by environmental 

factors; 


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Whereas many educational institutions in the United States 

and China have established partnerships to further 

science and technology research, including— 

(1) Northwestern University, based in Evanston, Illinois, which has developed strategic partnerships in 

China, such as the Wanxiang Fellows Program, which allows Northwestern students to study emerging energy 

challenges and renewable energy innovations in the 

United States and China; and 

(2) University of California, Davis, based in Davis, 

California, which has partnered with China’s Northwest 

Agricultural and Forestry University in Shaanxi province 

to establish the Sino-U.S. Joint Research Center for 

Food Safety to promote international collaborative research for food safety in China and the United States; 

Whereas the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has 

signed 97 inter-institutional cooperative partnership 

agreements with various institutions that are 

headquartered in China in the fields of engineering, food 

sciences, and transportation, including a high-speed rail 

research partnership between the university’s Railway 

Transportation and Engineering Center and China’s oldest and most recognized railway engineering school, 

Southwest Jiaotong University; 

Whereas, on December 5, 2014, China and the United States 

will commemorate the 30th anniversary, and renew for 

another ten years, the CHELBI partnership, which has 

created the largest joint venture engineering consulting 

firm in China, having undertaken over 600 bridge, road, 

and other projects the designs of which meet World Bank 

and Asian Development Bank standards, and has made 

significant progress in engineering knowledge-sharing for 


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road, bridge, and other project design and construction 

between the United States and China; 

Whereas several United States Department of Energy national laboratories have established partnerships with research institutions in China to advance energy research, 

including— 

(1) Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois, which has worked with the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) to promote energy-efficient vehicle technologies and clean transportation fuels in China since 2003; and 

(2) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 

Berkeley, California, which has formed the China Energy 

Group to work collaboratively with groups in China to 

understand the dynamics of energy use, improve energy 

efficiency, reduce emissions in China, strengthen Chinese 

capabilities in energy efficiency, and enhance relationships on energy efficiency among Chinese, United States, 

and international institutions; 

Whereas, in 2013, the State of California and the Chinese 

Ministry of Commerce signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a working group to deepen cooperation in fields such as biological pharmaceuticals, information technology, agriculture, and energy; 

Whereas the exchange of ideas in science and technology and 

shared research conducted in China and the United 

States holds the potential to increase United States exports of non-sensitive commercial technologies to China; 

Whereas the agreement reached in November 2014 between 

the United States and the People’s Republic of China to 

expand the scope of goods covered by the Information 


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Technology Agreement will further deepen trade, investment, and mutual cooperation in science and technology; 

Whereas collaboration in science and technology since 1979 

has provided both countries with the technological foundation to make ambitious pledges to reduce future emissions of carbon dioxide; and 

Whereas people-to-people exchanges conducted under the 

Agreement Between the Government of the United States 

and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on 

Cooperation in Science and Technology have fostered mutual understanding of both countries and have led to 

joint research in science and technology: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) recognizes the cooperation in science and 

3 technology between the Governments of the United 

4 States and the People’s Republic of China since 

5 1979; 

6 (2) emphasizes the importance of open markets, 

7 intellectual property rights, and the free exchange of 

8 information to the development of science and tech9 nology; and 

10 (3) expresses continued support for the prin11 ciples of the Agreement Between the Government of 

12 the United States and the Government of the Peo13 ple’s Republic of China on Cooperation in Science 


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1 and Technology, done at Washington January 31, 

2 1979, to which both countries remain committed. 

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