NPC,  CPPCC Annual Sessions 2009

Special Report:  30th Anniversary of Sino-U.S. Diplomatic Relations    

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi answers questions during a press conference held by the Second Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 7, 2009. (Xinhua Photo) Full coverage Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao will meet his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama during the London G-20 meeting this April, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said here on Saturday.

Cooperation between U.S., China a must for world's economy to recover, say bankers

WASHINGTON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- For the world's economy to recover, the United States and China must cooperate and become the engine for the Group of 20, the head, and the chief economist of the World Bank said on Friday.

"Without a strong G2, the G20 will disappoint," Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, and Justin Yifu Lin, chief economist and senior vice president of the bank, said in an article published in The Washington Post.

Expert: Economic crisis could be "turning point" for Sino-U.S. ties

HOUSTON, Mar. 1 (Xinhua) -- Bad global economy and climate change could create a turning point for U.S.-China relations as the two countries have to unite against the two "enemies" for the welfare of themselves and the world as well, a U.S. expert has said.

"It could be a turning point. Bad global economies and climate change are the enemies which China and the U.S. need to confront together," Orville Schell, director of Asia Society Center on U.S.-China relations, told Xinhua on the sideline of the annual conference of Asia Society here Thursday.

FM spokesman: Clinton's visit aids healthy growth of Sino-U.S. ties

BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's China tour was conducive to the healthy and stable development of Sino-U.S. ties, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said Tuesday.

Ma made the remarks in response to comments on Clinton's visit from Feb. 20 to 22.

Clinton hopes for deeper, closer Sino-U.S. cooperative relations in next 30 years

BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday hoped the United States and China would make joint efforts in establishing deeper and closer cooperative relations in the next 30 years.

During a meeting with Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Clinton spoke highly of the rapid development of Sino-U.S. ties in the past 30 years.

Wen, Clinton underline bilateral relations by citing Chinese proverbs

BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Saturday appreciated the great importance that the Obama administration places on expanding Sino-U.S. relations.

During a meeting with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Wen said in the face of the complicated and ever-shifting international political and economic situation, China and the United States should not only "cross the river in a common boat," but also "progress together hand in hand."