美國國家安全事務顧問賴斯訪華

U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice is in Beijing where she met Monday with China's top diplomat, State Councilor Yang Jiechi, at the start of a three-day trip to clear the way for a visit by President Barack Obama in November.

Rice said that among all the issues facing the United States, Mr. Obama considers China to be a priority and that the primary reason for her visit is to hammer out the agenda for a meeting between Mr. Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

Rice is scheduled to meet Tuesday with China's defense and foreign ministers before returning home Wednesday.

China will host the APEC summit on November 10 and 11 in Beijing. The government leaders of 21 member countries will attend. Beijing has also invited the leaders of India and Mongolia.美國國家安全事務顧問賴斯目前在北京。她星期一會見中國高層外交官員國務委員楊潔篪。賴斯將在中國訪問三天，爲奧巴馬總統11月訪問中國做準備。

賴斯說，在美國面臨的許多問題當中，奧巴馬總統認爲中國問題是當務之急。賴斯此次訪華的主要目的是爲奧巴馬和中國國家主席習近平在亞太經合組織峯會期間的會晤制定日程。

賴斯星期二將會見中國國防部長和外交部長，然後於星期三返回美國。

中國將於11月10日至11日在北京主辦亞太經合組織峯會。該組織21個成員國政府首腦將出席會議。北京還向印度和蒙古領導人發出了邀請。