China's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Tang Renjian jointly chaired the seventh meeting of the China-US Agricultural Cooperation Joint Committee with US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack in Washington on Thursday local time, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

On restarting the China-US agricultural cooperation mechanism, they reiterated that the joint committee is an important channel for regular exchanges between the agricultural departments of the two countries, and pledged to cherish, carefully nurture, and ensure the stable operation of this mechanism.

The two sides had in-depth and candid exchanges of views on climate-smart agriculture, food security, people-to-people exchanges, and trade facilitation.