5th Round of China-U.S.
Strategic Economic Dialogue
Backgrounder: China-U.S. Strategic Economic
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BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- China and the United
States should further cooperate on energy, environment, as well as the safety of
products, food and drugs, said Vice Premier Wang Qishan here on Thursday.
Wang made the remarks when addressing the opening
ceremony of the fifth strategic economic dialogue (SED) in the morning.
Wang said China and the United States have great
potential if they cooperate on energy and environment, and have already achieved
progress in fields of water, atmosphere, electric power, transportation,
forestry and wetlands since the two countries signed framework agreements on
energy and environment.
Citing the U.S. leading advantages in energy and
environment technology, Wang said China now is working on saving energy and
reducing emissions, and hopes to continuously conduct closer technological
cooperation with the United States.
"We hope the U.S. side could strengthen technology
transfers to China and implement more concrete measures to promote energy and
environment cooperation," he said.
On the safety of products, food and drugs, Wang said
China and the United States share wide interests.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened three
offices in China last month to help ensure export safety while China is
preparing to place offices in the U.S. as well.
"It is a fresh measure taken to meet new needs,
helpful for our two nations to enhance communication, deepen mutual trust and
learn from each other," Wang said.
"I hope we both will take this opportunity to
continuously strengthen cooperation on investigating technology, process
inspection and information sharing," he added.
Initiated by the two presidents in 2006, the
twice-yearly SED is the highest-level of dialogue between the two nations.
Beijing is hosting the current two-day session.
China, U.S. start strategic economic
dialogue amid financial crisis
BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- China and the United
States started their fifth strategic economic dialogue (SED) in Beijing amid the
deepening global financial crisis and transition in the U.S. government.
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and the U.S.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson co-chaired the dialogue on Thursday morning as
special representatives of President Hu Jintao and President George W.
Bush. Full story
China urges progress in investment
protection pact with U.S.
BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- China hopes to join with
the United States to "actively promote" negotiation for a bilateral investment
protection accord, said Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan here Thursday.
Wang made the remarks when addressing the opening
morning of the fifth China-U.S. strategic economic dialogue (SED). He said
strengthening bilateral investment protection would help establish a fairer,
more transparent and predictable environment for mutual investment. Full story
