[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.