BEIJING - High-ranking Chinese and US officials sit together on Monday to try and find solutions to issues ranging from trade and global economic recovery to regional tensions at the two-day China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue.

Analysts said they believe the high-profile meeting will set the tone for bilateral relations.

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrived in Beijing Sunday leading "one of the largest groups of cabinet and sub-cabinet officials" comprising about 200 officials, including "virtually all elements of the US government", said Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell.