Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi (R) meets with U.S. President George W. Bush in the White House, Washington, D.C., May 24, 2007. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin) Photo Gallery>>>
U.S. President George W. Bush met on May 24 morning at the White House with Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi, who led a Chinese high-level delegation for the second meeting of China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED).
Wu made a briefing about the just-concluded SED, which she described as a major decision made by President Hu Jintao and President Bush.
She said the success of the two SED meetings since last December proved that against the backdrop of an accelerating globalization, China and the United States can increase understanding and mutual trust through frank dialogue, and bring stable growth to bilateral economic relations and overall relationship as well.
China and the United States should continue to enhance their communication and talks, and summarize the experiences so that future meetings of the SED will be better.
Bush expressed his congratulations on the progress of the dialogue.
He said the United States and China share common interests in wide areas and have maintained good communication and cooperation on a number of key issues.
Although the two countries do not agree on all issues, he said,it is important that there is a necessary mechanism through which the two sides can discuss certain issues and achieve results.
The U.S. president said the SED is a very good mechanism and that it is very important to the healthy development of U.S.-China relations. He said he paid much attention to the SED and hopes the next round of meetings will yield more results.
In addition, Bush said he understands the sensitivity of the Taiwan issue, and that he holds a firm stand on the issue and means what he said. He said he is opposed to any unilateral change of the status quo across the Taiwan Straits.
WASHINGTON, May 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush, at a White House press conference on Thursday, said the just-concluded China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue is "important" and there has been some progress achieved at the dialogue.
"This is an important dialogue. And it's one that I thank the Chinese government for engaging in," Bush said. Full story
WASHINGTON, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi met here Wednesday with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and senior members of the House of Representatives.
Wu said China-U.S. relationship is one of the most important bilateral relations in today's world. It has maintained a good momentum over the past several years thanks to the joint efforts of both sides as cooperation in a variety of areas keeps moving forward. Full story
WASHINGTON, May 23 (Xinhua) -- China and the United States on Wednesday concluded a key economic dialogue with a wide variety of specific agreements.
In remarks prepared for the concluding of U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue, Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi said the two countries reached much consensus and realized positive results. Full story
