by Xinhua writers Ming Jinwei, Sun Ruijun and Yu
Zhixiao
BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) -- The eye-catching first
round of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), after
yielding a series of positive results, concluded in Washington Tuesday.
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (6th L,
Front), State Councilor Dai Bingguo (5th L, Front), U.S. Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton (5th R, Front), U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy
Geithner (4th R, Front) and other officials pose for a group photograph
before the opening ceremony of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic
Dialogue (S&ED) in Washington, the United States, July 27, 2009. The
China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), the first of its
kind between the world's biggest developing country and biggest developed
country, opened here on Monday. (Xinhua/Zhang Yan) Photo Gallery>>>
The
dialogue has opened a new chapter of the China-U.S. dialogue.
The dialogue mechanism is a result of an important
consensus reached by Chinese President Hu Jintao and his U.S. counterpart Barack
Obama during their meeting in London on April 1.
It is also a strategic measure to boost the
China-U.S. mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, and the healthy
and stable development of China-U.S. ties in a new era.
The mechanism, a fruit of the 30-year-old China-U.S.
relationship, reflects the inevitable tendency in the development of the
Sino-U.S.relations and the world situation.
Over the past 30 years, the China-U.S. ties,
especially in trade and economic fields, have constantly matured, creating an
interdependent, win-win situation of common development.
After President Obama came into office, the bilateral
ties have developed in a steady and healthy manner. Against the backdrop of the
global financial crisis and the volatile international situation, it is in the
interests of the two peoples and helpful for peace, stability and prosperity of
the Asia-Pacific region and the whole world that both countries further promote
their cooperative level on various bilateral and global issues.
The dialogue mechanism provides an important platform
for both sides to further expand their communication and cooperation.
China and the United States, as the world's biggest
developing and developed countries, share broader common interests and a
cooperation foundation, and thus shoulder more important common responsibilities
amid the current financial crisis.
In the dialogue, both sides made a positive
evaluation of the bilateral ties, underlined the role of close high-level
contacts and exchanges, agreed to expand military exchanges at various levels,
and encouraged cultural exchanges and cooperation.
The two sides also held a frank, in-depth exchange of
views on neutralizing the impact of the international financial crisis, pushing
for an early recovery of the world economy, coping with global climate change,
developing clean and high-efficient energy, protecting environment, and ensuring
energy security. Important results have been achieved on these issues.
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (L),
special representative of Chinese President Hu Jintao, holds a basketball
presented by the U.S. President Barack Obama as a gift in the Oval Office
of the White House in Washington, on July 28, 2009. (Xinhua
Photo) Photo
Gallery>>>
This mechanism shows that the two sides are working
together to build a relationship of all-around cooperation oriented toward the
21st century.
The establishment of the S&ED mechanism has also
laid a solid foundation for the two sides to deepen mutual understanding, expand
common ground, narrow differences, improve mutual trust and promote cooperation.
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan
delivers the closing statement of the first round of the China-U.S.
Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington D.C., capital of the United
States, July 28, 2009. The first round of the China-U.S. Strategic and
Economic Dialogue was concluded on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)
Photo
Gallery>>>
During the two-day dialogue, officials from the two
governments listened carefully to each other's concerns, conducted close
contacts and jointly responded to reporters.
In this high-level, large-scale interactive process,
officials from the two governments have expanded contacts and deepened
communication, which will help the two sides come to terms and accumulate
consensus on a series of important bilateral and global affairs.
The S&ED, together with other bilateral
mechanisms, will jointly push forward the development of the China-U.S.
relations.
Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo
(Front) delivers the closing statement of the first round of the
China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington D.C., capital of
the United States, July 28, 2009. The first round of the China-U.S.
Strategic and Economic Dialogue was concluded on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Shen
Hong) Photo
Gallery>>>
Such relations are one of the most important
bilateral ties in the world. In the future, China and the United States need to
resolve a series of bilateral and global issues through cooperation.
Based on the success of the first round of the
strategic and economic dialogue, the two sides should further boost the
development of the bilateral ties, take more substantial and fruitful steps, and
continue to write new chapters for their cooperation.
