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The first Sino-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue was held on July 27 and 28， 2009 in Wash-ington. Either before or during the dialogue， PRC and USA attached great importance to it. The former Strategic Dia-logue and the biannual Strategic Economic Dialogue were initiated by the two heads of state in 2005 and 2006 respectively.The dialogue mechanism， upgraded from by ministers from both governments to a strategic and economic dialogue between governmental cabinets， will be held once a year in the future. From the US side，Obama administration shows great inter-ests in the dialogue and places great im-portance on Sino-US relationship， which can be seen from the visits from US senior officials to China in 2009， including US Secretary of State， Secretary of Treasury，Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of Energy.