Key Sino-US dialogue set for summer
By Li Xing | China Daily | Updated: 2009-04-02 07:50
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 Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) shakes hands with US President Barack Obama at Winfield House, the US ambassador's residence in London April 1, 2009. [Xinhua] |
LONDON: China and the US have agreed to set up a "strategic and economic dialogue" mechanism that will have its first meeting in a few months, President Hu Jintao and his US counterpart Barack Obama announced in London Wednesday.
The Chinese team will be headed by Vice-Premier Wang Qishan and State Councilor Dai Bingguo; while the US side will be headed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner.
The White House said in a statement that "the two sides will hold the first round of the dialogue in Washington DC this summer".
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