A survey of 1,578 U.S. technological employees found on Monday that 60 percent of the respondents think U.S. tech companies should work more closely with their Chinese counterparts.

The survey, conducted by U.S. media Protocol, asked U.S tech employees about their opinions on key issues facing the technological industry.

Noting that the previous U.S. administration "adopted a hawkish stance toward China's tech industry" by placing some Chinese firms on the U.S. trade blacklist and signing executive orders to ban Chinese social media apps, the survey said that 56 percent of the respondents agree that "U.S. restrictions on Chinese technology companies have gone too far."

The respondents by and large said they think "the standoff should end," and 58 percent of them said they agree that "a Cold War with China could cripple U.S. tech companies."

Furthermore, the survey showed that 78 percent of the respondents agree that the tech industry is too powerful and around 40 percent think tech does more harm than good. Meanwhile, the survey said that 73 percent of the respondents agree that the U.S. government should regulate artificial intelligence. 

According to the survey, almost 40 percent of the respondents are from companies with annual revenue of over $500 million and most of the companies have more than 1,000 employees. 

(With input from Xinhua)