Vice Premier Wu Yi left Beijing Monday as the head of the
Chinese government delegation to the US.
She will co-chair the 17th meeting of the Sino-US Joint
Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) in Washington with US
Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and Trade Representative Rob
Portman.
Li Changjiang, Minister of the General Administration of Quality
Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, is a member of the
delegation.
At a meeting in Beijing last week, Wu and Gutierrez vowed to
improve bilateral trade and economic ties to create a "positive
atmosphere" for the meeting between President Hu Jintao and US
President George W. Bush in Washington next month.
Sino-US trade hit US$212 billion last year. China has become the
fourth largest export market and the third largest trade partner of
the US.
(Xinhua News Agency April 4, 2006)
