Strategic dialogue 'will boost Sino-US relations'

The strategic dialogue between China and the United States this week will help increase mutual trust and narrow differences, leading to a healthy development of bilateral ties, Chinese observers have said.

The fourth round of the dialogue, to be held on June 20-21 in Washington DC, will be co-chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo and US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte.

The dialogue mechanism helps high-level diplomats from the two countries have frequent contact and creates a close working relationship, which is conducive to guiding the direction of overall relations, Sun Zhe, a professor at the Center for American Studies at Shanghai-based Fudan University, said in an interview.