A self-certification procedure called Organization Designation Authorization came under scrutiny at a hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee's aviation subcommittee in Washington.

Speaking at the ninth meeting of the China-Brazil subcommittee on economic and trade cooperation, Wang said China is committed to further advancing the alignment of development strategies with Brazil, exploring the full potential of cooperation, promoting high-quality trade growth, and actively venturing into new areas of investment cooperation such as new energy, digital economy and 5G, in addition to consolidating cooperation foundations in traditional fields, according to an online statement released by China's Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday.

Brazil hopes to fully utilize the mechanism of the economic and trade cooperation subcommittee, enhance alignment between Brazil's national growth program and China's development plans, and facilitate more Brazilian exports to China.

The four CEOs－Tim Cook of Apple, Sundar Pichai of Google's parent Alphabet, Jeff Bezos of Amazon and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook－were asked on Wednesday at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing investigating the practices of major US technology companies whether they believed the Chinese government was stealing intellectual property from US companies.

Several subcommittees may be established to implement multiple responsibilities, especially to coordinate regulatory functions now separately held by watchdogs in banking, securities and insurance sectors, Wang said.

Vice-Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission Zhao Chenxin, Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment Zhao Yingmin, Deputy Director of the National Energy Administration Ren Jingdong, Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Energy David Turk, and Assistant Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency Radhika Fox, attended the meeting as heads of the working group's subcommittees and delivered speeches.

Brazil and China decide to establish a Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change under the China-Brazil High-level Coordination and Cooperation Committee (COSBAN).14.