Officials prepare for Hu's visit to US
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January 8, 2011, Saturday
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PRESIDENT Hu Jintao will make a state visit to the United States from January 18 to 21, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said yesterday, confirming a long-planned summit in which North Korea is likely to feature.
The brief statement from the ministry's spokesman Hong Lei on the ministry's website gave no more details.
The White House said last month that Hu would make the visit.
China's announcement came a day after the US envoy for North Korea policy, Stephen Bosworth, finished two days of talks in Beijing. The US wanted China to apply more pressure on North Korea to resume nuclear disarmament and patch up ties with South Korea.
That issue is likely to be prominent at Hu's summit with US President Barack Obama, set for January 19, at the White House.
The Obama administration is also likely to press China to do more to raise the value of its currency and narrow the trade gap between the two economies.
Chinese and US officials are ratcheting up interaction ahead of the visit to Washington.
Undersecretary of the US Treasury Lael Brainard arrived in Beijing yesterday and held talks with Vice Premier Wang Qishan. Brainard said she "was asked by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the White House" to come to Beijing to coordinate with China's economic and finance officials on economic issues related to Hu's visit.
"During their meeting, Brainard briefed Wang on how the US has been preparing the economic agenda of President Hu's visit," according to a statement issued after the meeting.
Wang and Brainard also exchanged views on the bilateral economic relationship, the statement said.
Brainard also met Chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission Liu Mingkang and is also due to meet other Chinese economic officials.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi traveled to Washington earlier this week to meet Obama and US officials and discuss the bilateral relationship and Hu's visit.
"The increased meeting of senior Chinese and US officials reflects the two countries' desire to make President Hu's visit a great success," said Yuan Peng, director of the America Studies of China Institute for Contemporary International Relations.
"With a number of topics to be covered and senior officials involved, the discussions will help both sides reduce misunderstandings and coordinate their stances, laying a solid foundation for the meeting of the presidents in Washington," Yuan said.
Meanwhile, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will arrive in Beijing tomorrow for a five-day visit, formally restoring military-to-military exchanges cut off a year ago over US arms sales to Taiwan.
Gates said he hoped to deepen US-China military cooperation on issues such as North Korea and Iran when he visits Beijing, which could help ease Pentagon concerns about Chinese military intentions.
The brief statement from the ministry's spokesman Hong Lei on the ministry's website gave no more details.
The White House said last month that Hu would make the visit.
China's announcement came a day after the US envoy for North Korea policy, Stephen Bosworth, finished two days of talks in Beijing. The US wanted China to apply more pressure on North Korea to resume nuclear disarmament and patch up ties with South Korea.
That issue is likely to be prominent at Hu's summit with US President Barack Obama, set for January 19, at the White House.
The Obama administration is also likely to press China to do more to raise the value of its currency and narrow the trade gap between the two economies.
Chinese and US officials are ratcheting up interaction ahead of the visit to Washington.
Undersecretary of the US Treasury Lael Brainard arrived in Beijing yesterday and held talks with Vice Premier Wang Qishan. Brainard said she "was asked by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the White House" to come to Beijing to coordinate with China's economic and finance officials on economic issues related to Hu's visit.
"During their meeting, Brainard briefed Wang on how the US has been preparing the economic agenda of President Hu's visit," according to a statement issued after the meeting.
Wang and Brainard also exchanged views on the bilateral economic relationship, the statement said.
Brainard also met Chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission Liu Mingkang and is also due to meet other Chinese economic officials.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi traveled to Washington earlier this week to meet Obama and US officials and discuss the bilateral relationship and Hu's visit.
"The increased meeting of senior Chinese and US officials reflects the two countries' desire to make President Hu's visit a great success," said Yuan Peng, director of the America Studies of China Institute for Contemporary International Relations.
"With a number of topics to be covered and senior officials involved, the discussions will help both sides reduce misunderstandings and coordinate their stances, laying a solid foundation for the meeting of the presidents in Washington," Yuan said.
Meanwhile, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will arrive in Beijing tomorrow for a five-day visit, formally restoring military-to-military exchanges cut off a year ago over US arms sales to Taiwan.
Gates said he hoped to deepen US-China military cooperation on issues such as North Korea and Iran when he visits Beijing, which could help ease Pentagon concerns about Chinese military intentions.
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