China, Japan enter 47 energy, environment pacts

Japan and China concluded 47 cooperation agreements on environmental and energy conservation.

The pacts, including one on joint development of a management system for effective electricity supply, were reached at the Japan-China Comprehensive Energy Conservation and Environment Forum in Tokyo, which has been held every year since 2006. The two countries take turns hosting it every two years.

According to Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano, environmental and energy conservation efforts will be "the pillar of the economic expansion of both countries. . . . We expect to see such a good chain reaction in which Japanese technologies will help enhance Chinese energy-saving measures and create new business opportunities."

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