This aerial photo taken on Dec. 15, 2022 shows public buses being refueled at a hydrogen refueling station in Lingang new area of Pudong New Area in east China's Shanghai.(Photo: Xinhua)

China is ready to deepen cooperation with Japan on green and low-carbon industries, a senior Chinese official said at an environment forum.

China is willing to work with Japan to deepen cooperation in green and low-carbon industries, and carry out technology-related dialogue and people-to-people exchanges, so as to push bilateral cooperation in green development to a new level, said He Lifeng, head of the National Development and Reform Commission.

He made the remarks in a keynote speech to the 16th China-Japan Comprehensive Forum on Energy Saving and Environmental Protection, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

He said that China would speed up the green transformation of development, advance the prevention and treatment of pollution, and ramp up energy conservation as it makes progress on carbon peaking and reaching carbon neutrality.

Efforts will be made to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and pollutions, promote low-carbon development and green growth, and give priority to the ecology and all-around economic development.

The forum is co-organized by the NDRC, the Ministry of Commerce, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the Japan-China Economic Association.

There are four sub-forums dedicated to energy efficiency, automobile electrification and intellectualization, hydrogen energy, and long-term trade between China and Japan.

Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura attended the forum and delivered a keynote speech. 

Enterprises and research institutions from both countries signed agreements on 17 projects to promote technical cooperation and talent training in hydrogen and energy conservation, the Kyodo News reported.