Diplomat: Build future ties

Meetings to be held on Wednesday and Thursday in Washington

Their fifth Strategic and Economic Dialogue will be another push by China and the United States to develop their relationship for the long term, a senior Chinese diplomat said.

Unlike previous S&ED sessions, the meetings on Wednesday and Thursday in Washington will be led by a pair of newly installed officials from each side: China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Vice-Premier Wang Yang, and US Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew.