Climate Change & Environment

SHANGHAI, CHINA - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. opened the California-China Office of Trade and Investment - the state's first foreign trade office in a decade - and spoke at Visit California's news conference Friday in Shanghai. Today’s office opening followed remarks...

SHANGHAI, CHINA - On the fourth full day of California’s trade and investment mission to China, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. met with Shanghai’s top government official, Party Secretary Han Zheng. The two leaders discussed ways California - America’s most populous...

SHANGHAI, CHINA - Positioning California to attract a growing share of China’s massive foreign investment pool and bolstering California-China trade, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., the Bay Area Council and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development...

BEIJING, CHINA - Speaking at one of China’s preeminent universities, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. called for unified action to combat climate change on Thursday. “We’re in one world. We’ve got one big problem and we all have to work on it. And what’s beautiful and...

BEIJING, CHINA — Further strengthening the bond between California and China, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. met with China's Premier Li Keqiang before departing for Shanghai on Thursday. In the meeting, Governor Brown stressed the importance of collaboration between...

BEIJING, CHINA - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed the first agreement of its kind between a subnational entity and China’s Minister of Environmental Protection Zhou Shengxian to strengthen and coordinate efforts to improve air quality. “Reducing pollution...

BEIJING, CHINA - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. joined U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke, Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Chao and hundreds of American and Chinese business leaders at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Wednesday night, where he announced a $1.5...

BEIJING, CHINA — Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. kicked off the state’s trade and investment mission to China with a flurry of events on Wednesday, including meetings with China’s Minister of Commerce, Minister of Environmental Protection, Chairman of the National...