voa标准英语2008-China, US, Vow to Work Together to Help Global E

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A worker stands in front of containers at the newly-opened Yangshan deep water port in Shanghai, China (File)

China and the United States just completed the fifth round of the so-called Strategic Economic Dialogue, which has been held twice a year since 2006.

Treasury³ Secretary Henry Paulson, who led the US delegation⁴, said the two days of meetings were productive and straightforward⁵. In his closing comments, Paulson announced one of the concrete results of this round.

"To support trade flows during this period of financial turmoil⁶, the US and China announced today that our two Export-Import Banks will make available an additional $20 billion for trade finance, particularly for creditworthy importers in developing countries," said Paulson.

This amount will support an eventual⁷ $38 billion in annual financing from the United States and China to help global trade.

Another result was strengthened Sino-American cooperation on conserving⁸ energy and protecting the environment. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator⁹ Steve Johnson gave details.

"We have now in place, not just a vision, but we put in place five action plans, covering areas such as clean air and clean water and conservation, clean electricity production and transportation," Johnson said. "And we've added a sixth task, an action plan for energy efficiency."

This is the last such meeting under the Bush administration. The head of the Chinese delegation, Vice¹⁰ Premier¹¹ Wang Qishan, said he hopes President-elect Barack Obama will keep the high level exchanges going.

Wang says the Chinese side looks forward to continue what he called a "candid¹² and pragmatic dialogue" with the new U.S. administration.

The Chinese official said China and the United States have become interdependent, and that better Sino-American cooperation is good for the whole world.