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Deepened aviation ties urged between China and US

By Rong Xiandong and Li Qian (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2007-04-13 15:38

Mary Peters, Secretary of Transportation of the United States, delivers a
speech in Beijing, April 13, 2007. The United States hopes to deepen
cooperation with China, one of the world's fastest growing economies, in
the transportation industry, especially in the aviation sector.
[chinadaily.com.cn]

The United States hopes to deepen cooperation with China, one of the
world's fastest growing economies, in the transportation industry,
especially in the aviation sector, so as to further facilitate trade
between the two countries, a senior US transportation official said in
Beijing today.

"The principal reason for my visit this week is to talk with Chinese
officials about ways to expand the number of flights between our two
countries even further," said Mary Peters, Secretary of Transportation of
the United States.

The US and China have joined hands in the field of aviation for a long
time and in 2004 the two sides signed a landmark agreement to allow more
airlines to operate more flights between the two countries.

Yet, China-US transportation links including aviation have to be deepened
to satisfy the huge demands for the transportation of people and cargo
arising from rapidly increasing economic activities between the two
nations. "Much more can and should be done to strengthen our aviation
partnership even further," said Peters.

There are a mere 11 daily nonstop passenger flights between China and the
US, a figure much smaller than the 55 flights between the US and Germany,
according to the US Department of Transportation.

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