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11/6/2023

Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen to Host PRC Vice Premier He Lifeng for Bilateral Meetings in San Francisco | U…

Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen to Host PRC Vice
Premier He Lifeng for Bilateral Meetings in San Francisco
November 6, 2023

WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen will host Peopleʼs Republic of China
(PRC)Vice Premier He Lifeng for two days of bilateral meetings on November 9 and 10 in San
Francisco, California. These meetings come at a time of more intensive diplomacy between
the United States and the PRC designed to further stabilize the bilateral economic
relationship and make progress on key economic issues. Secretary Yellenʼs meetings with Vice
Premier He will be held immediately before Secretary Yellen hosts the APEC Finance Ministers
Meeting in San Francisco. Last week, Secretary Yellen outlined the Biden Administrationʼs
economic approach towards the Indo-Pacific, including our e orts to deepen trade and
investment ties across the region, develop more resilient supply chains, and address global
challenges.
The meetings with Vice Premier He follow on the significant strides Secretary Yellen has made
in deepening resilient channels of economic communication between our two countries, a er
President Bidenʼs directive to his Administration following his meeting with President Xi last
November. That includes Secretary Yellenʼs visit to Beijing in July and the subsequent launch of
bilateral Economic and Financial Working Groups, which report directly to Secretary Yellen and
Vice Premier He, in September. Throughout, Secretary Yellen has used deeper communication
with Chinese counterparts to better inform U.S. decision making and understanding of the
global economy and drive towards outcomes that benefit the American and global economy.
Secretary Yellenʼs approach to these meetings will center on the three pillars of the Biden
Administrationʼs approach to our bilateral economic relationship with China that she laid out
in her remarks in April. As Secretary Yellen outlined, we seek a healthy economic competition
that benefits both sides, but that healthy competition requires a level playing field for
American workers and firms. We will take targeted action to advance our national
security and that of our allies, and protect human rights, but we do not use these tools to
seek economic advantage. Lastly, we seek to cooperate on global challenges like climate
change and look for ways that we can work together as the worldʼs two largest economies to
put the global economy on surer footing.
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Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen to Host PRC Vice Premier He Lifeng for Bilateral Meetings in San Francisco | U…

At the conclusion of the meetings, Secretary Yellen will host a press conference in San
Francisco on November 10. Media interested in covering the press conference and meetings
should contact press@treasury.gov.
Additional details of Secretary Yellenʼs bilateral engagements will be announced at a later
date.
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