BEIJING, Jan. 12 -- China and the United States operationalized their Working Group on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s via video link on Friday.

The working group was initiated to implement the consensus reached between the two heads of state at their San Francisco meeting and strengthen cooperation between China and the United States in response to climate change.

According to China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the two sides spoke highly of the successful start of the working group and conducted in-depth and friendly communication on key cooperation areas such as energy transition, methane, circular economy, and low-carbon provinces, states and cities.

Both parties agreed to continue to maintain close communication, conduct exchanges, learn from each other and deepen practical cooperation under the working group mechanism in accordance with the consensus enshrined in the Sunnylands Statement on Enhancing Cooperation to Address the Climate Crisis.