Chinese officials arrive in U.S. for China-U.S. strategic dialogue

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (C, Front) and State Councilor Dai Bingguo (C, back) arrive at Washington, the United States, on May 8, 2011, for the third round of the China-U.S. Economic and Strategic Dialogue which will be held on May 9-10 in Washington D.C.. The two-day meeting will be co-chaired by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, State Councilor Dai Bingguo, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, with some 30 top officials of over 20 government agencies from each side in attendance. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and State Councilor Dai Bingguo arrived in Washington Sunday afternoon for the third round of the China-U.S. Economic and Strategic Dialogue which will be held on May 9-10 in Washington D.C..

Dai will co-chair the "Strategic Track" of the dialogue with U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, while Wang will co-chair the "Economic Track" with U.S. Treasure Secretary Timothy Geithner, each as a special representative of their respective presidents.

The dialogue mechanism was upgraded from former Strategic Dialogue and biennial Strategic Economic Dialogue, which were initiated by the two heads of state in 2005 and 2006, respectively.

Source: Xinhua

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