Chinese analysts have expressed positive comments about the significance of President Hu Jintao's meeting with his US counterpart George W. Bush.

Scholar Yuan Peng said the world wanted to see whether the Hu-Bush meeting would lay stable foundations for the future development of bilateral relations.

He was quoted as saying that Hu did not avoid topics about which the two sides disagreed.

He added: "The significance of the meeting far outweighed the concrete achievements."

In an article published in the People's Daily, Sun Zhe, a professor of US studies at Fudan University in Shanghai, said Sino-US relations were very complicated.

They required both sides to look to the future and approach relations from a strategic and long-term perspective.

He said Hu had already clearly expressed China's willingness to engage in peaceful development and further co-operation with the US.

This could be achieved through contact with American congressmen, relevant state and municipal officials, and with personalities from the industrial, business and academic sectors.

Zhang Guoqing, a researcher with the China Academy of Social Sciences, said in his online blog that stable and rational Sino-US ties were the most important part of the Bush administration's foreign policy, despite some disputes.

He said stable bilateral relations were not only in the fundamental interests of both sides, but would aid peace and development in the Asia-Pacific region and in the world at large.

Source: China Daily