Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao said last Thursday that China and the United States should make joint efforts to advance bilateral constructive and cooperative relations. Hu made the remarks when meeting with US President George W. Bush at the White House.

The two leaders exchanged in-depth views on bilateral relations and major international and regional issues of common concern. They reached important consensus during the pragmatic and constructive talks.

Speaking highly of the momentum of development bilateral relations were going through, Hu said the important consensus reached between the two heads of state during their meetings last year in New York and Beijing was being implemented.

The two countries had made progress in bilateral exchanges and cooperation in various fields and the two sides had maintained effective consultations and coordination on major international and regional issues, noted Hu.

He said Sino-US relations had progressed beyond bilateral relationship and have had more and more global influence and strategic significance.

China and the United States had extensive and important common strategic interests in, and shouldered common responsibilities for, safeguarding world peace and promoting common development, he said.

Hu said China and the United States were not only mutual stake-holders but should also be constructive cooperators, stressing that both sides should make joint efforts to comprehensively advance bilateral constructive and cooperative relations.

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