Chinese vice premier meets U.S. treasury secretary

Source: CCTV.com | 04-03-2009 11:10

LONDON, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan met here with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Thursday night, hours after the G20 financial summit rounded off.

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (R, front) shakes hands  with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner in  London, Britain, April 2, 2009. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)

Wang said the successful meeting between Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. President Barack Obama "produced a series of important consensus" and "charted the path" for the development of China-U.S. relations.

Ahead of the summit, Hu and Obama had an hour-long meeting Wednesday afternoon, the first since Obama took office in January.