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By Li Han Staff Writer of the Tsinghua News
Center
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy
Pelosi, who is currently visiting China, visited
Tsinghua University on May 28th and delivered a
speech on climate change and environmental
protection. Four members of the US House of
Representatives, Mr. Edward Markey, Mr. James
Sensenbrenner, Jr., Mr. Earl Blumenauer, and Mr. Jay
Inslee accompanied Ms. Pelosi on her visit.
Tsinghua University President Gu Binglin discussed
ideas on education and low carbon energy research
with Ms. Pelosi prior to the speech. The Chairman of
the National People's Congress Foreign Affairs
Committee Mr. Li Zhaoxing, the Chinese Ambassador to
the U.S. Zhou Wenzhong, Tsinghua Vice President Xie
Weihe, and Tsinghua Vice President Yuan Si also
participated in the discussion.
During her speech, Ms. Pelosi noted that she and
her delegation came to China to discuss the
challenge of climate change. “The US and China
should understand each other and learn from each
other,” Ms. Pelosi commented. She emphasized the
importance of science and technology in
environmental protection and climate change and
encouraged the students to shoulder their
responsibility by finding innovative ways to combat
climate change and environmental pollution.
Ms. Pelosi answered several questions from the
students about people to people communication,
energy saving strategies and careers for women after
her speech.
(Photo by Guo Haijun) |
