On July 27, 2009, Wang Qishan, special representative of Chinese President Hu Jintao and Vice Premier of the State Council who was attending the first round of China-US strategic and economic dialogue, said that an opener and more dynamic Chinese economy would bring about huge development opportunities to other countries in the world, including the US.
Addressing the opening ceremony of the dialogue, Wang said that it is an important consensus reached between the two heads of state of China and the US to jointly build the positive, cooperative and comprehensive bilateral relationship in the 21st century with the core of strengthening cooperation and timeframe of 21st century. The current dialogue is a key manifestation of the consensus. Therefore, both China and the US should make best use of the dialogue platform to enhance consensus, reinforce mutual trust, expand the converging interests and strive to achieve more mutually beneficial and win-win results.
During the economic dialogue, the two sides, focusing on the theme of building confidence to restore economic growth, strengthening China-US economic cooperation, will exchange views on such major issues as further coping with the international financial crisis, building a strong financial system, deepening cooperation on trade and investment and promoting sustainable economic growth, send out another positive signal that China and the US will join hands to pull through the difficulties and stimulate the recovery of their economy and the world economy at large. From the historical and philosophical perspectives, the pursuit of mankind for peace and development, prosperity and civilization has never changed and always proceeds by conquering difficulties. Wang indicated confidence that this crisis would come to the end sooner or later.
He pointed out that China's efforts of accelerating industrialization and urbanization create tremendous market potential. We will continue to implement the scientific concept of development, deepen reform, open wider, combine the efforts of addressing the financial crisis and maintaining stable and relatively fast economic growth with restructuring and changing the economic growth pattern and boost the rapid and sound development of the national economy. An opener and more dynamic Chinese economy will bring about great development opportunities for the rest of the world, including the US. As China deepens reform and opens wider, the trade and economic cooperation between the two countries will grow closer and the bilateral relations will stride forward from a new starting point.
The first round of China-US strategic and economic dialogue will be held in Washington, capital of the US from July 27 to 28, 2009. Special representative of Chinese President Hu Jintao and Vice Premier of the State Council Wang Qishan and State Councilor Dai Bingguo, special representative of US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Franz Geithner co-chaired the dialogue.