Source: CCTV.com

06-22-2008 10:44

Special Report:   4th China-U.S. SED

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan says China and the United States should strengthen dialogue to enhance understanding and trust. Speaking at a meeting in New York with former US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, Wang says trust is needed for the sound development of bilateral ties.

Wang Qishan, right , Chinese vice premier, meets with Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state during his visit in New York, Friday, June 20, 2008, after Wang completed high level U.S. China economic talks in Annapolis, Md., this week.(AP Photo/David Karp)
Wang Qishan, right , Chinese vice premier, meets with Henry
Kissinger, former secretary of state during his visit in New
York, Friday, June 20, 2008, after Wang completed high level
U.S. China economic talks in Annapolis, Md., this week.
(AP Photo/David Karp)

The vice premier said at a meeting with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger that developing constructive relations between Beijing and Washington is an historic inevitability.

Wang praised Kissinger for his contributions to the development of Sino-US relations, saying a return to the Cold War is not possible.

Kissinger, for his part, said overall development of relations is in the interests of both countries. He said at a time when great changes are happening in the world, the US-China relationship is an important factor in world peace and prosperity, and that both sides should strengthen and expand their strategic dialogue in various fields.

The Chinese Vice Premier also held a meeting with Harold McGraw, the president and CEO of the McGraw-Hill Companies and chairman of Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers of leading US companies. McGraw said the Sino-US Strategic Economic Dialogue has played an important role in bilateral economic and trade cooperation and that the SED should continue in a sustained and effective manner.

McGraw suggested that business leaders of the the two countries should also establish and hold such dialogues as an effective complement to government-to-government dialogue.

Wang Qishan responded, saying the Chinese economy is likely to maintain rapid growth for a relatively long period of time, and that the Chinese government will create a good business environment for enterprises of both countries.

 

Editor:Xiong Qu