GUANGZHOU, China (NEWSnet/AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on China on Friday to address its manufacturing policies and the resulting implications for American companies and workers.

Starting a five-day visit in one of China’s major industrial and export hubs, she raised what the U.S. considers to be unfair Chinese trade practices in talks with senior Chinese officials.

“The United States seeks a healthy economic relationship with China that benefits both sides,” she said ahead of a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in the southern city of Guangzhou. “But a healthy relationship must provide a level playing field for firms and workers in both countries.”

Earlier, she said at an event hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in China that there are “Chinese practices that are tilting the playing field away from American workers and firms."

The topics on Yellen's discussion list includes an overcapacity issue. Chinese government subsidies and other policy support have encouraged solar panel and EV makers in China to invest in factories, building far more production capacity than the domestic market can absorb.

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