(Telecompaper) The US and China reached an agreement to cooperate on cybercrime during a state visit by Chinese president Xi Jinping to the US. The two sides have agreed to cooperate with requests to investigate cybercrimes, collect electronic evidence and mitigate malicious cyber activity emanating from their terrories. The two governments have also agreed that neither would conduct nor knowingly support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, including trade secrets or other confidential business information, with the internet of providing competitive advantages to individual companies or commercial sectors. The US and China are committed to making common effort to further identify and promote appropriate norms of state behaviour in cyberspace within the international community. A senior experts group will be formed for further discussion of the topic. In addition a high-level joint dialogue mechanism will be established for further discussions. The first meeting will be held by the end of the year, followed by semi-annual meetings.