On November 26, 2007, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met in the U.S. capital of Washington with U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

During the meeting, Yang said with the efforts of both countries, relations between China and the United States have generally maintained a positive trend of development. The two nations have deepened exchanges and cooperation in major fields. The third China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue will be held in Beijing, which is very significant for the stable development of bilateral relations over the next year or even in the long term, he said. China attached great importance to this dialogue and is willing to work together with the United States to ensure its success.

Paulson said U.S.-China relations are very important for both sides and deepening bilateral ties conforms to the interests of the two nations. He said that the U.S. side attaches great importance to the dialogue and hopes to carry out further discussion on important and strategic issues with China and to strengthen cooperation on fields of common interests with China under the framework of the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue.