China, U.S. to Hold Strategic and Economic Dialogue

　　China and the United States are set to hold their fifth round of Strategic and Economic Dialogue next week in Washington.

 

　　The two sides will share their views on expanding cooperation in various fields and strengthening coordination¹ on international and regional issues.

 

　　CRI's Xie Zhao has more.

 

　　The latest round of Sino-U.S Strategic and Economic Dialogue is set to be held from July 10th to 11th in Washington.

 

　　The upcoming dialogue will be co-chaired by Vice² Premier³ Wang Yang and State Councilor Yang Jiechi, who will act as special representatives of President Xi Jinping.

 

　　On the U.S side, Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury⁴ Secretary Jacob Lew, will be acting⁵ as special representatives of U.S President Barack Obama.

 

　　Assistant Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang says the two sides will discuss the implementation⁷ of agreements made during a recent summit between the countries' Presidents in California.

 

　　"The key point of the dialogue is to implement⁶ the consensus⁸ made by the Presidents of both countries. Both sides will share their views on various fields, such as political security and economic and financial issues. The topics in this dialogue are very extensive, almost covering all important bilateral⁹ issues and international and regional issues of common concern."

 

　　Vice Finance Minister Zhu GuangYao says the two sides will discuss three issues in the economic field.

 

　　"Firstly, we should expand investment and trade cooperation. Secondly¹⁰, we will enhance structural¹¹ reforms and sustainable development. Thirdly, we will stabilize¹² financial markets and reforms."

 

　　Zhu Guangyao also says financial supervision¹³ is a key issue in the dialogue.

 

　　Meanwhile, assistant Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang has also taken time to call for related parties to re-start the stalled six-party talks.

 

　　"Currently, there are some positive changes regarding peninsula situation. What we should do is open the door for another round of dialogue instead of closing the door. We hope all the parties involved should work together to restart the six party talks as soon as possible. "

 

　　Cyber security is also expected to be high on the agenda at the Dialogue.

 

　　The dialogue, which was set up in 2009, is the highest-level bilateral forum¹⁴ between the two countries.

 

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1 coordination   

n.协调，协作

参考例句：

• Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
• The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好，使演出更具魅力。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

4 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

5 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

6 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

7 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

8 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

9 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

10 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

11 structural   

adj.构造的，组织的，建筑（用）的

参考例句：

• The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities.北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

12 stabilize   

vt.（使）稳定，使稳固，使稳定平衡；vi.稳定

参考例句：

• They are eager to stabilize currencies.他们急于稳定货币。
• His blood pressure tended to stabilize.他的血压趋向稳定。

13 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

14 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。