The Photo taken on Jan. 18, 2011 shows the opening ceremony of Clean Energy Research Center during the Second U.S.-China Strategic Forum On Clean Energy Cooperation in Washington, the United States. The forum started here Tuesday, bringing together more than 200 government leaders, business executives and experts from both countries to discuss an array of energy collaboration topics, and energy giants from the two countries signed a series of collaboration deals. (Xinhua/Jiang Xufeng)

 The Second U.S.-China Strategic Forum On Clean Energy Cooperation started here Tuesday, bringing together more than 200 government leaders, business executives and experts from both countries to discuss an array of energy collaboration topics, and energy giants from the two countries signed a series of collaboration deals.

SECOND ROUND OF HANDSHAKES

The first session of the forum took place in Beijing in 2009. Many former participants were also present at the Washington forum, having witnessed enhanced bilateral collaboration in the field of clean energy over the past years.

Constructive cooperation between China and the United States in the clean energy field could serve as a role model for bilateral ties in different areas and also for other countries, said John Thornton, chairman of the Washington-based Brookings Institution, a co-organizer of the forum.

The two-day gathering includes panel discussions and working group meetings under the theme of U.S.-China relations in the next decade.

Experts said that as the largest producers and consumers of energy, the United States and China were working together to solve common challenges including energy safety and seeking more common ground and mutual interests.