在关于中美联合研究项目中，朱将清洁能源说成“我们这个时代中美合作关系中最大的一个机会 ” ， 并且说“联合起来比各自为战的效果要好很多 ” 。
In announcing a new Sino-US joint research effort, Chu described clean energy as “one of the great opportunities of our time” for Sino-US cooperation, saying that by “working together, we can accomplish more than [by] acting alone.”