Chinese President Hu Jintao and his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush met in Heiligendamm, northern Germany, Friday and exchanged views on Sino-American relations and major world and regional issues.

The two leaders met on the sidelines of the outreach session of the Group of Eight (G8) summit in the Baltic resort.

The G8, an informal forum of leading industrialized nations, groups Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Japan, the United States, Canada and Russia.

Source: Xinhua