Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said that the first India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) being held in Beijing has achieved positive results. Mr. Wen Jiabo said this while meeting the Indian delegation led by Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia in Beijing after the day-long talks on Monday. The Chinese side was headed in the SED talks by Zhang Ping, the Director of China's National Development and Reform Commission.

Wen said, the two countries should enhance communication and coordination at all levels and in all areas, expand cooperation, take each other's concerns into consideration and steadily pursue a means of reciprocity and common development.

The strategic dialogue mechanism was established according to a consensus reached by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chineese counterpart Wen Jiabo during Wen's visit to India last year.

Ahluwalia said during the hour-long meeting, Wen proposed that the SED scope should be expanded to include dialogue on collaboration in international fora like the WTO and G-20, besides climate change and the financial sector. The SED talks are continuing for the second day on Tuesday.