Chinese premier meets with US President Obama
- Source: Xinhua
- [09:50 November 18 2009]
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets visiting US President Barack Obama in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2009.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with US President Barack Obama on Wednesday in Beijing.
Wen said that the fruitful visit of United States President Barack Obama to China was of far-reaching significance.
"It is my sincere hope that your current visit will lift the comprehensive and cooperative China-U.S. relations to a new level," Wen told Obama at their meeting in the State Guesthouse in Beijing.
Obama will conclude his fist visit to China and fly to the Republic of Korea, the last leg of his four-state Asian tour, in the afternoon.
He arrived in China's economic hub Shanghai Sunday night to kick off this visit as guest of his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao.
Hu held talks with him in Beijing on Tuesday and they met international reporters for about 40 minutes after the talks, both pledging to further bilateral ties.
Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo also met Obama on Tuesday, several hours before a state banquet in the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing.
In a joint statement issued on Tuesday, the two sides spoke highly of the tremendous development achieved since the two countries established diplomatic relations 30 years ago and reached consensus on further bilateral ties.
