Chinese State Councilor Guo Shengkun (M) meets with U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch (L) and Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson (R) in Washington on December 1, 2015. [Photo: CRIONLINE]

Senior officials from China and the United States have held a joint dialogue on combating cyber crimes.

It's the first high-level exchange of its kind between the two countries. 

Chinese State Councilor Guo Shengkun co-chaired the dialogue with U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson in Washington.

The two sides have reached a guideline on combating crimes in cyberspace and related issues.

A hot-line will be established to strengthen communication while dealing with individual cyber security cases.

Guo Shengkun says China is willing to cooperate with the U.S. to implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries during Chinese President Xi Jingping’s state visit to the United States last September.

The two leaders also met at the sideline of the UN Climate Summit in Paris and agreed to maintain close communication and make a joint effort to formulate global rules for cyberspace.

Lynch and Johnson say that as the two major economies in the world, China and the United States share converging interests in safeguarding internet security.

The U.S. side also calls for strengthening exchanges of information, and working together to combat cyber terrorism and economic espionage.

This is the first time that China and the US have held a high-level joint dialogue on fighting cyber crimes.

The next round of talks will be held in Beijing in June next year.

For CRI, this is Lv Xiaohong reporting from Washington.