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

Padilla is in China from Jan. 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 U.S. embassy on Friday afternoon.

"We are expected to issue the final form of the regulation sometime later this spring," said Padilla, who is responsible for developing and implementing U.S. policies on the export of items controlled for national security, foreign policy and non-proliferation reasons.

But Padilla did not reveal what the changes would be, saying they required more discussion.

The proposed export control rules were released by the U.S. Department of Commerce on July 6 last year. The rules add civilian-use, high-tech products to the U.S. government's export control list and could set up new trade barriers and hinder the exchange of high-technologies.

The move sparked dissatisfaction among U.S. business circles and China has repeatedly urged the U.S administration to ease export controls.

Source: Xinhua