US to revise export control rules

The United States will revise some of its proposed export controls on the sale of high technology products to China, says Christopher Padilla, Assistant US Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration.

Padilla is in China from January 24 to 30 at the invitation of the Ministry of Commerce.

"The reason I'm here is to hear views from the Chinese government to see what their concerns are, and we will take those into account as we go back and make some revisions to that regulation (on export controls)," Padilla told reporters at the US embassy on Friday afternoon.