US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue begins

WASHINGTON, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Both China and the United States have attached great importance to the first ever China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), which kicked off on a high note in the U.S. capital on Monday.

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (6th L, Front), State Councilor Dai Bingguo (5th L, Front), U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (5th R, Front), U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (4th R, Front) and other officials pose for a group photograph before the opening ceremony of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) in Washington, the United States, July 27, 2009. The China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), the first of its kind between the world's biggest developing country and biggest developed country, opened here on Monday. (Xinhua/Zhang Yan)

Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. President Barack Obama have pinned high hopes on the July 27-28 dialogue, a mechanism upgraded from the previous Strategic Dialogue and biannual Strategic Economic Dialogue (S&ED) initiated in 2005 and 2006 respectively. 

President Hu sent a congratulatory letter to the S&ED, which was read at the opening ceremony by his special representative, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan. Wang and Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo, both co-chairing the dialogue on behalf of the Chinese president, are leading a large delegation of some 150 senior officials, 24 of them at or above the ministerial level. 

Hu said in his message that both countries shoulder important responsibilities on a host of major issues. 



source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/28/content_11783593.htm

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