Geithner visit may focus on joint effort to beat recession

Top economic policymakers from the US and China will gather in Beijing early next month to discuss what the world's biggest and third largest economies could together do to end the global economic recession.

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will be in China on June 1-2 for his first official visit. He will discuss with senior Chinese officials "a range of issues of importance to both countries," a US Treasury statement issued on Tuesday said.

Geithner's agenda includes "strengthening US-China economic ties to promote stable, balanced and sustained economic growth in the two nations," the statement said.