China’s Vice-Premier He Lifeng to visit US this week as ties shine at CIIE in Shanghai
- Vice-Premier He Lifeng will begin his five-day visit on Wednesday ‘at the invitation of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday
- US Department of Agriculture (USDA) unveiled its first pavilion at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai on Monday, with 17 exhibitors on show
Vice-Premier He Lifeng will visit the US later this week in yet another sign of improving bilateral relations that comes as senior US officials and business delegates are taking an optimistic outlook on cooperation at a key import exhibition in Shanghai.
He, who is tasked with overseeing economic and trade dialogues with the US, will begin his five-day visit to the US on Wednesday “at the invitation of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.
The visit comes amid ramped-up engagements between the world’s two largest economies, as Beijing and Washington are looking for ways to manage conflicts and move toward a possible summit between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, when the US hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference that starts this weekend.
We see China has a resilient interest in US agriculture despite political ups and downs
On Monday, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) unveiled Washington’s first-ever official pavilion at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, boasting 17 exhibitors.
