John Milligan-Whyte, President of Center for America-China Partnership, said in an interview with chinadaily.com.cn that dialogues between US think tanks on the ideas that support US-China partnership are of great importance for both countries.

He said ideas on how the partnership would improve "can be debated and (we can) see if (those ideas can) gain popularity in the US."

As a panelist during discussions on think tanks exchange and major economic issues at the two-day Global Think Tank Summit, Whyte expressed his support for and belief in US President Obama as one of four presidents who can "save the United States from failure" and form a stronger relationship with China.

Story: Du Wenjuan | Video: Xu Yang & Yu Chenkang