Chinese President says progress made in China-US relation

Chinese President Hu Jintao and visiting U.S. president Barack Obama has met the press after their talks in Beijing. Both sides have vowed to take concrete steps to build a stronger relationship which is vital not just for the two nations, but the whole world.

Zheng Chenguang has more.

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At a joint press conference with Obama after the talks, Chinese President Hu Jintao says that his talks with U.S. President Barack Obama were candid, constructive and fruitful.

"The two sides had a deep exchange of views on how to further bilateral relationship and on major international and regional issues of common concern and reached consensus on many important issues. The talks were candid, constructive and fruitful."

Hu Jintao said both Obama and he believed that international cooperation needs to be strengthened at a time when the international situation continues profound and complex changes, global challenges keep increasing and interdependence between nations intensifies.

Hu said he and Obama gave positive remarks on the development of the China-U.S. relationship since the inauguration of the new U.S. administration.

"We agreed to strengthen dialogue, communication and cooperation from a strategic and far-sighted perspective, and to make joint efforts to build a positive, cooperative and comprehensive China-U.S. relationship for 21 century. We also agreed to take concrete actions to steadily grow a partnership to meet our common challenge , so as to promote world peace, stability and prosperity."

For his part, Obama said that he and President Hu Jintao had reached agreement on a range of issues, covering climate change, trade and nuclear non-proliferation.

"We meet here at a time when the relationship between the United States and China has never been more important to our collective future. The major challenges of the 21st Century, from climate change to nuclear proliferation to economic recovery, are challenges that touch both our nations and challenges that neither of our nations can solve by acting alone."

Obama also said Tibet is part of the People's Republic of China and the United States follows its one-China policy and abides by the principles of the three Sino-US joint communiqués.

"The United States respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China. And Once again we have reaffirmed a strong commite to one-China policy. "

After the joint press conference, China and the United States issued a joint statement,which said the two countries stand ready to strengthen communication and cooperation in a number of fields, including nuclear safety and security, the health sector and railway and aviation transportation.

Zheng Chenguang, CRI news.