The annual US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue would be held here in the month of June, an official announcement has said.
Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew will be joined for the talks by their respective Chinese co-chairs State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Vice Premier Wang Yang, the State Department said in a statement.
"The Dialogue will focus on the challenges and opportunities that both countries face on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global areas of immediate and long- term economic and strategic interest," the statement said.
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It also announced that Kerry will participate in the sixth annual US-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE) in coordination with Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong. The CPE will be held in late June in Washington.
The CPE promotes and strengthens people-to-people ties between the US and China in the fields of education, culture, health, science and technology, sports, and women's issues.
It provides a high-level annual forum for government and private-sector representatives to discuss cooperation on exchanges in a broad, strategic manner.