 | | Acting as special representatives of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Vice Premier Wang Yang (3rd L) and State Councilor Yang Jiechi (4th L) arrive in Washington, the United States, for the fifth China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), on July 9, 2013. A Chinese delegation led by Wang Yang and Yang Jiechi arrived here Tuesday for the fifth China-U.S. S&ED, which will start Wednesday. (Xinhua/Wang Lei) |
WASHINGTON, July 9 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier Wang Yang and State Councilor Yang Jiechi arrived here Tuesday for the fifth China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue ( S&ED), which will start Wednesday. Acting as special representatives of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Wang and Yang will co-chair the two-day dialogue with U.S. President Barack Obama's special representatives Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew. Wang and Lew will co-chair the economic track talks, while Yang and Kerry will co-host the strategic track talks. During the two days, leading officials from more than 20 departments and ministries of both countries will hold a series of talks and consultations on a wide range of political, security, economic and financial topics that cover major bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual concern. The two sides will hold two special joint sessions on climate change and energy security, in addition to the third strategic security dialogue. Notably, the cyber working group will convene for the first time to discuss the issue of cyber security, which threatens to strain bilateral ties recently. Top on the agenda will be discussions on ways to implement the consensus on building a new type of major-country relationship based on mutual respect and win-win cooperation, as reached by the two presidents at their historic summit held in California last month.  | | Acting as special representatives of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Vice Premier Wang Yang (1st R) and State Councilor Yang Jiechi (Unseen) arrive in Washington, the United States, for the fifth China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), on July 9, 2013. A Chinese delegation led by Wang Yang and Yang Jiechi arrived here Tuesday for the fifth China-U.S. S&ED, which will start Wednesday. (Xinhua/Wang Lei) |
Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai on Sunday hailed this round of S&ED as the first major step in implementing the Xi- Obama summit's consensus, which will charter the course for future development of bilateral ties. Cui expressed the hope that this dialogue will produce positive results, through creative thinking and concrete actions to enhance mutual trust, deepen cooperation and properly deal with differences. Some U.S. experts regard this dialogue, the first cabinet-level talks since government reshuffles in both countries early this year, as a good chance for senior Chinese and U.S. officials to get to know each other and set up working relationship. Kenneth Lieberthal, a veteran China expert at John Thornton China Center of the Brookings Institution, said the two sides, through holding this round of S&ED talks, want to keep the momentum created by the Xi-Obama summit and "try to sustain the momentum and begin to shape some practical outcomes." China and the U.S. have been holding the annual S&ED talks since 2009, when President Obama came to power, as a major channel of communications to enhance mutual trust, boost cooperation on varied fields and properly deal with differences to prevent them from derailing the general relations.  | | The special plane carrying the Chinese delegation for the fifth China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), arrives in Washington, the United States, on July 9, 2013. The Chinese delegation led by special representatives of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Vice Premier Wang Yang and State Councilor Yang Jiechi, arrived here Tuesday for the fifth China-U.S. S&ED, which will start Wednesday. (Xinhua/Wang Lei) |
 | | Acting as special representatives of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Vice Premier Wang Yang (C) and State Councilor Yang Jiechi (2nd R) arrive in Washington, the United States, for the fifth China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), on July 9, 2013. A Chinese delegation led by Wang Yang and Yang Jiechi arrived here Tuesday for the fifth China-U.S. S&ED, which will start Wednesday. (Xinhua/Wang Lei) |
 | | Acting as special representatives of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Vice Premier Wang Yang (C) and State Councilor Yang Jiechi (Unseen) arrive in Washington, the United States, for the fifth China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), on July 9, 2013. A Chinese delegation led by Wang Yang and Yang Jiechi arrived here Tuesday for the fifth China-U.S. S&ED, which will start Wednesday. (Xinhua/Wang Lei) |
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This round of dialogue, to be co-chaired by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang and State Councilor Yang Jiechi together with U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and Secretary of State John Kerry, will be the first high-level dialogue since Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama held a summit in California in June. Full story Commentary: Don't let cyber security overshadow key China-U.S. dialogue BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- As dozens of senior officials from China and the United States are converging in Washington for a high-level forum between the world's two biggest economies, much of the U.S. media attention was drawn to the topic of cyber security. On its own merit, the issue deserves a good discussion between the two sides, both major players of the Internet domain, and a newly-formed bilateral working group on cyber security met for the first time before the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) formally begins Wednesday. Full story |
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