12月4日，第五次中美战略经济对话在北京举行。由于白宫易主在即，此次对话也是战略对话机制创建功臣保尔森的“告别演出”。过去两年，保尔森近十次往返于北京和华盛顿之间，与中方协力扫除中美两国经贸合作上的障碍。他说：“这是我和本届政府阁僚最后一次参加美中战
略经济对话，我们致力于一个完美谢幕。”
december 4, the fifth sino-us strategic economic dialogue was held in beijing. since the white house is about to have its new master, this dialogue is also the farewell performance of paulson who has contributed much to the establishment of the strategic dialogue. in the past two years, paulson has been running between beijing and washington d.c. for nearly ten times,working with the chinese side on removing the obstacles of sino-us cooperation in economy and trade. paulson said, “this is the last time for me and this cabinet to join this dialogue and we are expecting a perfect ending.” 
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