Sino-U.S. Relations Key to Regional, World Peace

What United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said at an ongoing regional security forum shows that the United States is seeing its relations with China as very important and is making efforts to strengthen it, said Lieutenant General Ren Haiquan, who headed the Chinese delegation to the forum.

Speaking on the sidelines of the forum on Saturday, Ren, who is also vice president of the Academy of Military Sciences of the People's Liberation Army, said that the United States attaches great importance to Sino-U.S.relations largely because China is a large country and its economy is growing quickly and steadily.

The Academy of Military Sciences is the top science institution within the Chinese military. Ren used to serve as vice president of the PLA National Defense University, the top institution for military education in China.

(Source: Xinhua)