Senior administration officials from the U.S. Departments of Treasury and State will hold a background press briefing at 11:15 a.m., Thursday, July 23, 2009 at the Foreign Press Center in the National Press Building, 529 14th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C., to preview the first joint meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue to be held in Washington, D.C. from July 27-28, 2009. A listen-in conference call line will be available for this briefing
.Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner will be joined for the Dialogue by their respective Chinese Co-Chairs, State Councilor Dai Bingguo and Vice Premier Wang Qishan. The Dialogue will focus on addressing the challenges and opportunities that both countries face on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global areas of immediate and long-term strategic and economic interests. This first meeting of the Dialogue also will set the stage for intensive, ongoing and future bilateral cooperative mechanisms.
PRESS CONTACTS:To RSVP email: RobinsonDM2@state.gov Foreign Press Center
Doris Robinson
202-504-6353
For Dial-in information email: JensenHJ@state.gov
Office of Press Relations
202-647-2492
Please note that this is a background briefing only; no cameras or recording devices for broadcast purposes will be allowed.
Media representatives may attend this event upon presentation of one of the following: (1) A U.S. Government-issued identification card (Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense or Foreign Press Center), (2) a media-issued photo identification card, or (3) a letter from their employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a journalist, accompanied by an official photo identification card (driver’s license, passport). Press should allow adequate time to process through security and to be in the briefing room 10 minutes prior to the briefing.
