Chinese vice premier meets former US secretary of state

Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong (R) meets with former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 17, 2014. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong on Wednesday met with visiting former US Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright.

Hailing stable China-US relations, close mutual contacts and new progress on bilateral cooperation, Liu called for the two sides to further pragmatic cooperation, deepen people-to-people exchanges and enhance mutual strategic trust so as to build a new type of major-country relationship.

Albright said she is willing to play an active role in promoting US-China relations and cooperation in various fields.

Albright served as US Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001.