Chinese vice-premier, US treasury secretary discuss ties

BEIJING - Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang discussed bilateral relations with US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew by phone on Thursday.

Wang made the phone call in the capacity of a special envoy to Chinese President Xi Jinping while Lew is a special envoy to US President Barack Obama.

In the phone call, the two special envoys exchanged views on a broad range of issues such as China-US economic ties, the global economic and financial situation and the preparatory work for the fifth China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue.