CCTV9英语新闻：China, US to discuss trade relations, regional issues（在线收听）

China and the U.S. will hold their 8th Strategic and Economic Dialogue and the 7th annual High-Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange in Beijing Monday to Tuesday. Representatives from the two countries are to discuss trade relations and regional issues.

Vice Premier Wang Yang and State Councilor Yang Jiechi will chair the 8th SED, together with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew.

Earlier today, the 16th Lanting Forum opened and introduced the two major meetings. Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao has said the agenda also includes regional security and the South China Sea issue. Zhu also commented on China-U.S. dialogues.

“China-U.S. economic dialogues have an outstanding feature, which is, both sides will not avoid any problem. Both sides will have frank exchanges on any problem via dialogues. Besides that, the economic teams of the two countries have kept 365-day, 24-hour hotlines. The two sides will communicate on each important points. Of course, it includes different opinions,” Zhu said