China-US talks get off to good start

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Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo (1st L) delivers a speech while  U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd R) and U.S. Treasury  Secretary Timothy Geithner (1st R) listen to during the opening  ceremony of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED)  in Washington, the United States, July 27, 2009. (Xinhua/Zhang Yan)

Chinese State Councilor, Dai Bingguo, has called his discussion with U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton "a good beginning" for the dialogue mechanism.

At a joint news briefing with Clinton on Monday afternoon, he called for both sides to cherish and further develop their positive ties. Dai said that China-U.S. relations, forged through the efforts of three decades of leaders from both countries, have achieved great progress. Hilary Clinton called her conversation with the State Councilor a "very good" one.