Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Tuesday told U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner that the second round of China-U.S. economic and strategic dialogues in Beijing had shown a commitment to cooperation.

Wen hailed the two-day dialogues, which ended Tuesday, as a "success."

"It is better for China and the United States to have dialogue rather than engaging in confrontation," said Wen.

He said such a large-scale dialogue, which involved so many departments and touched a broad range of topics, was rarely seen in the world.

Wen said the dialogues, which could promote mutual understanding and consensus, had demonstrated that both China and the United States were willing to cooperate.

Wen said the two countries should link bilateral relations with their fundamental interests and world development, recognize common interests, properly handle differences, address each other's concerns, and achieve mutual benefits.

Wen called for more efforts from both sides to better host the dialogue so it could play a bigger role in bilateral relations.

Geithner said the dialogues demonstrated "remarkably effective commitments" to cooperation between the two countries.

"Because of forceful action between U.S. and China, and because of our commitment to cooperation, our economies are much stronger. The world is moving towards greater balance," Geithner said.

Geithner and Clinton were at the talks as special representatives of U.S. President Barack Obama.

The United States was willing to join with China in taking more actions to deal with issues such as the international financial crisis, climate change, and in maintaining global and regional peace and stability, Geithner said.

The two-day event was attended by about 50 representatives from more than 40 departments of both countries.

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