Top officials from China and the United States will meet for high-level economic talks next week in Beijing as both countries grapple with the worst global downturn in decades, Associated Press reported. The Dec. 4-5 talks will be led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said Tuesday. Wang leads a Chinese government committee on the financial crisis. «The two countries will have discussions on strategies to manage macroeconomic risks and promote a balanced economic growth,» Qin said in a weekly news briefing. The talks are known as the Strategic Economic Dialogue, which was launched in 2006.
