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China-US annual dialogue, consultation opens in Beijing   

习近平出席中美战略与经济对话开幕式并致辞

第六轮中美战略与经济对话、第五轮中美人文交流高层磋商的联合开幕式9日在京举行。国家主席习近平出席开幕式并致辞。 [查看全文]
2014-07-09 09:46 Xinhua Web Editor: Mo Hong'e
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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 6th Round of US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue & the 5th Round of US-China High-Level Consultation on People-to People Exchange in Beijing on July 9, 2014. [Photo: China News Service / Hou Yu]

The sixth round of China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) and the fifth round of High-Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE) started in Beijing on Wednesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

The S&ED will be co-chaired by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang and State Councilor Yang Jiechi, as well as US. Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew. The CPE will be hosted by Vice Premier Liu Yandong and Kerry.

This year's strategic dialogue covers a wide range of topics of domestic and foreign policy, including climate change, science and innovation, Sudan and South Sudan, UN peacekeeping and the illegal trade in animals and plants, as well as interactions in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang

The economic dialogue will address issues of the macro economy, trade and investment cooperation and transnational regulations.

The annual CPE focuses on closer links between the two countries' youth, with highlights including a school cooperation program proposed by Xi's wife Peng Liyuan and Obama's wife Michelle Obama and a commemoration of the 35th anniversary of the exchange of students.

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