    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book I)]
    [February 21, 2002]
    [Pages 262-263]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Remarks Following Discussions With President Jiang Zemin of China in Beijing, China
    February 21, 2002

        President Jiang. On behalf of the Chinese Government and people, I
    would like to once again extend our warm welcome to you, Mr. President.
    We have just had a very good discussion about issues of utmost concern,
    and now I'm prepared to have a continued exchange of views with you on
    other aspects of the bilateral ties, as well as the international
    situation.
        You will have the floor first.
        President Bush. Well, Mr. President, first of all, thank you again
    for your gracious hospitality. I am so pleased that my wife,
    Laura, is traveling with me so that she can see
    the progress of your great country.
        I also want to reiterate what I said inside about how thankful our
    Nation is--my Nation is for your strong support in our war against
    terror and how gracious you were with your phone call right after
    September the 11th, expressing your condolences.
        We look forward to finding areas where we can work together, such as
    energy cooperation--is a chance for us to explore technologies that will
    enable your country to grow and our country to grow at the same time,
    work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, for example.
        I gave a speech in the United States the other day outlining our
    vision of making sure we have economic growth and, at the same time,
    employ new technologies that will help us reduce greenhouse gases. And I
    announced to the country that I look forward to working with nations
    such as yourself, China, to explore ways that we can work together to
    deal with this issue in a cooperative spirit.
        Another area where we can work together is on HIV/AIDS. I understand
    your Minister of Health is coming to the United
    States soon, and we can have a good chance for our Secretaries of Health
    to be able to work together and share information and share hope of able
    to deal with this

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    very important issue, not only in our own countries but around the
    world.

    Note: President Jiang spoke at 12:15 p.m. in the Great Hall of the
    People. In his remarks, President Bush referred to Minister of Public
    Health Zhang Wenkang of China. A tape was not available for verification
    of the content of these remarks.