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 coordination 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 Vice Premier 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 Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, will be acting as special representatives of U.S President Barack Obama.

 

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

 

　　"The key point of the dialogue is to implement the consensus 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 bilateral 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. Secondly, we will enhance structural reforms and sustainable development. Thirdly, we will stabilize financial markets and reforms."

 

　　Zhu Guangyao also says financial supervision 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 forum between the two countries.

 

　　For CRI, This is Xie Zhao.