Feature: 4th China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue
China, U.S. conclude 4th round of Strategic Economic Dialogue

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (L) and United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson walk to the meeting place for the closing session of the 4th round of China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue in Annapolis, Maryland, June 18, 2008.

Backgrounder: The fourth round of the China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) kicked off on June 17 in Annapolis of the U.S. state of Maryland.

China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue eye-catching

The 4th China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) held in Annapolis, Maryland, has been a great success to the satisfaction of both nations. It has not only reached vital consensuses and attained the positive outcome, but also receives a high public opinion appraisal in the United States. Two leading substantial attainments are particularly noticeable. (More)
 

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Results of the 4th Round of China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue

U.S., Chinese companies sign 71 contracts worth $13.6 bln

Representatives from U.S. and Chinese companies on Monday signed 71 contracts and agreements worth 13.6 billion U.S. dollars in total in Missouri and Washington D.C. (More)

International cooperation to cope with high oil prices

An international energy conference ended in Saudi Arabia on June 22. Leading oil producer and consumer nations appealed for increasing the monitoring of crude oil futures market and the transparency of the oil market, prompting all countries to take viable, effective measures to stabilize the global oil market, and investing more in the field of crude oil and renewable energy production in a communiqué they signed. (More)

China will pull more investors than US

China is expected to overtake the US as the world's leading recipient of corporate investment in the next five years, reveals a study of future global capital flows. (More)

U.S., China tourism industries expect more mature, persistent and broad cooperation

As the inaugural group of Chinese travelers arrived in the United States, both U.S. and Chinese tourism officials are pondering how to establish more mature, persistent and broad cooperation for mutual benefit. (More)

First Chinese tour group leaves for U.S.

Chinese travelers pose for a photo before departure for the United States at Shanghai Pudong international airport in Shanghai, east China, June 17, 2008. About 200 Chinese travelers set out from airports in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong on Tuesday afternoon, becoming the first Chinese vacationers to take part in tour groups to the United States. (More)

First Chinese leisure travelers to U.S. greeted by music, hospitality

First groups of Chinese leisure travelers to the United States arrived Tuesday night at Dulles International Airport in Washington and found themselves surrounded by Jazz music, smile and hospitality. (More)

Review of the 3rd Round of Dialogue (Dec. 12-13, 2007. Beijing, China)
Strategic dialogue, an issue of vital importance for future
The third China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) opens Wednesday, or December 11, through Thursday. Compared with the two preceding SEDs, the present round is of great importance as it has a function of serving a link between past and future. If the Chinese and American sides are able to reach consensus on some major issues, it will help enhance the SED basis for a long period of time to come and enable such a basis to stand a possible political repercussion resultant from the incoming presidential campaign next year and the change of government in 2009. (More)
Dialogue paving the way to win-win progress
Thanks to accelerated economic globalization, the growing interdependent, mutually beneficial, and "win-win progress" China-US business relations have brought our two peoples closer together, Vice-Premier Wu Yi said Wednesday at the opening ceremony of the two-day, Third China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED).(More)
Backgrounder: Results of 3rd China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue
The following are the results of the 3rd China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue closed on Thursday afternoon: (More)
The 2nd China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue   (May 22-23, 2007. Washington, U.S.)

Full text of Joint Fact Sheet of Second US-China Strategic Economic Dialogue

The 1st China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue     (Dec. 14-15, 2006. Beijing, China)
China, U.S. start first strategic economic dialogue
China and the United States on Thursday morning kicked off their first strategic economic dialogue, the latest sign of bilateral efforts to boost their long-term relationship. (More)
China-U.S. first strategic economic dialogue ends with "a number of consensus"
China and the United States concluded their first strategic economic dialogue Friday noon, with "a number of consensus" reached. (More)
Sino-US strategic economic dialogue is of far-reaching significance
The Chinese government issued the white paper on the trade balance issue between China and the United States for the first time almost a decade ago, when the total value of Sino-US trade amounted to 42.84 billion US dollars (1996), and trade began to become a major issue affecting the bilateral ties. Ten years later, the total bilateral trade volume has reached 211.63 billion dollars (2005) at a time when US Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson came to Beijing as the head of a "luxury" US delegation for the first-ever Sino-US strategic economic dialogue slated for Thursday and Friday. (More)