Vice-premier visits Pittsburgh

Talks with city's mayor, university leaders set tone for future relations

Visiting Vice-Premier Liu Yandong told Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto on Friday that maintaining healthy and stable development in China-US relations serves the common interests of both countries, the world's largest developing and developed nations.

"It will also make contributions to world peace," said Liu, who attended a series of events in Pittsburgh on Friday, ahead of the sixth session of the China-US High-Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange, which will be kicked off in Washington on June 23 by Liu and US Secretary of State John Kerry.