Henry Kissinger, a former U.S. secretary of State, met with China's defense minister, Li Shangfu, in Beijing on Tuesday, the ministry said in a statement.
The investment bank, however, expects some deceleration in subsequent quarters as a result of sequentially slower real disposable personal income growth.
Some economists are flagging the prospect of deflation in Chin after the steepest decline in prices in June, along with underwhelming second quarter growth.
U.S. special envoy for climate John Kerry emphasized efforts to stabilize U.S.-China relations during his opening remarks at a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang.
India's imports of Russian oil has reached a peak for the rest of the year due to infrastructural capacity limitations and curtailed exports from Russia.
BlackRock — the world's largest asset manager — said Monday that the CEO of Saudi Aramco — the world's largest oil company — is joining its board of directors.