China and the United States - the world's two largest economic superpowers - will have more opportunities to work together in the liquefied natural gas industry in the next 10 to 15 years, due to China's increasing demand and the US' supply ability and "appealing" prices, said Ma Fuqiang, president of China's Hanas New Energy Group.

Ma said that the structure of the global energy market is changing and that in the next 10 to 15 years, "we'll likely see China and India consuming more natural gas, and that's when the US will play an important role".

Ma led a delegation comprising about a dozen Hanas employees on an exploratory tour of the US.