Chinese Vice Premier Liu He arrived in Washington D.C. on Monday afternoon for the upcoming high-level economic and trade consultations with the U.S.

Liu, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-U.S. comprehensive economic dialogue, leads a delegation with members from the major economic sectors of the Chinese government.

The delegation members include: Governor of the People's Bank of China Yi Gang; Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission Ning Jizhe; Deputy Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs and Vice Finance Minister Liao Min; Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang; Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology Luo Wen; Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Han Jun; as well as Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy China International Trade Representative Wang Shouwen.