U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt and his wife Jacalyn Leavitt feed a panda during their visit to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Southwest China's Sichuan Province yesterday. [Shenzhen Daily]

Leavitt is among a high-level delegation of U.S. government officials who will have talks with Chinese officials at the inaugural meeting of the Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing on Thursday and Friday, aimed at furthering the U.S.-China bilateral economic relationship.