High ranking officials from China and the United States are set to meet for a key dialogue on issues ranging from security to the economy and people-to-people exchanges, next week in Washington D.C.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said that the two nations had decided that the seventh China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) and the sixth China-U.S. High-Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE) will take place on June 23 and 24, reported Xinhua.
The S&ED will be co-chaired by Vice Premier Wang Yang and State Councilor Yang Jiechi, who will act as special representatives of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, who will act for U.S. President Barack Obama.
The CPE, on the other hand, will be co-chaired by Vice Premier Liu Yandong and Kerry.