The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a major think tank in the United States, held its international councilors meeting in Beijing on Thursday.

 

The theme of the meeting is "focus on China." Topics include, the rapid and continuous development of China and Sino-US relations, China's social trends and demographic challenges, China's strategy for growth through science, technology, and education, China's business environment: challenges and opportunities, the Sino-US relationship and China's Policies toward the US, prospects for the Sino-US trade relations.

 

Chinese officials, experts such as Yang Jiechi, Chinese vice foreign minister, Liu Jingmin, executive vice-president of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, and Yang Wenchang, president of Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs, made speeches on the above topics.

 

The international councilors also discussed the topics with them.

 

Henry Kissinger, chairman of the CSIS and former US Secretary of State, and more than 30 international councilors attended the meeting.

 

(Xinhua News Agency October 13, 2006)