Visiting top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reached important consensus in wide-ranging talks on issues such as bilateral relations and inter-parliamentary cooperation on 09/09/2009. Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), highlighted the growth of China-US ties since China and the United States forged diplomatic relations 30 years ago, noting the relations were now at a new level. After his talks with Pelosi, Wu met Daniel K. Inouye, president pro tempore of the US Senate, and called for full play to be given to the regular exchange mechanism already established between the two sides with support from the NPC and US Senate to promote cooperation, especially that at the provincial level.