China and the United States have affirmed
their mutual commitment to their recent understanding on the
exchange of nonproliferation assurances required for exchanges of
nuclear technology.
The US Secretary of Energy Spencer
Abraham, and the Chairman of the China Atomic Energy Authority
Zhang Huazhu signed a Statement of Intent at the International
Atomic Energy Agency General Conference in Vienna.
The understanding allows the US
nuclear industry to have greater participation in China's growing
nuclear power program. In the Statement of Intent, the two
officials declare they will implement the understandings
effectively and efficiently, and with all necessary resources of
their respective organizations.
(People’s Daily September 19,
2003)
