China and the European Union on April 30 inaugurated a new cooperative project on clean energy, in a further effort to jointly tackle energy efficiency and climate change.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Zhang Guobao, head of China's National Energy Administration, witnessed the inauguration of the Europe-China Clean Energy Center based in Tsinghua University.

The center will act as a platform to provide support for both Chinese and European energy sector key players, and its objective is to promote increased use of clean energy.

"The launching of the center, another flagship of our cooperation, is a major step in our common efforts to shape a more sustainable, environmental friendly and efficient energy sector," said Barroso.

"As of the end of 2009, China had introduced about 30,000 technological projects from the EU, among which wind, photovoltaic and nuclear power projects account for a rather big proportion," Zhang said.
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