The U.S. has updated a decades-old science and technology agreement with China to reflect their growing rivalry for technological dominance.

The United States and China have renewed a decades-old agreement on science and technology cooperation, officials from both countries said Friday.

The US and China renewed a longstanding agreement allowing limited government cooperation in science and technology, sustaining a lane of collaboration amid broader tensions over issues from national security to trade.

The United States and China have renewed a key scientific cooperation agreement between the two superpowers for another five years, the U.S. Department of State said on Friday, in a move by Joe Biden's administration that comes just over a month ahead of the inauguration of former President Donald Trump's second term.