Chinese State Councilor to visit U.S. for strategic talks

5th Round of China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue

Backgrounder: China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue

BEIJING, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo will pay a working visit to the United States from Dec. 10-17.

He will co-chair the sixth strategic dialogue with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, announced Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao here on Friday.

The fifth Sino-U.S. strategic dialogue was held in China in January 2008. The two sides agreed to hold the sixth dialogue within this year in the United States.

The China-U.S. Strategic Dialogue was launched in August 2005 in accordance with the consensus of the two heads of state.

China, U.S. agree to further cooperate on energy, environment

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (front R) shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson at a signing ceremony on energy and environmental protection cooperation during the fifth China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing, China, Dec. 4, 2008.(Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

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BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese official said here on Thursday that China and the United States have reached consensus in five major areas to step up energy and environmental protection cooperation during the on-going fifth round of the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED).  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