China supported its enterprises to cooperate with the United States counterparts in the fields of engines and assemblies on-board airplanes based on mutual benefit, said Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan on Thursday.

Zeng welcomed the United Technologies Corporation (UTC) to participate in China's aviation development during a meeting with George David, chairman and chief executive officer of the UTC which provides high-technology products and supports services to customers in the aerospace.

Zeng said China's aviation industry had made remarkable progress, and the research and production of the regional airplanes had developed further and now China had been working on the trunk airplanes.

He also said China was a big coal consumer and would have a great potential to increase the efficiency of coal utilization in electricity generation.

He hoped the UTC and the Chinese enterprises would cooperate in the areas including the high efficiency cleaning combustion technology to push forward the energy sustainable development of China and the world.

(Xinhua News Agency December 7, 2007)