The seventh round of Chins-U.S. counter-terrorism consultation was held in Washington from September 14 to 15, 2009. The consultation was co-chaired by Wang Min, Director-General of the Department of External Security of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador Daniel Benjamin, the U.S. State Department's Coordinator for Counterterrorism. The officials from relevant departments of the two countries attended the consultation.

Both sides introduced the counter-terrorism situation faced by their respective countries and exchanged views on the international and regional counter-terrorism situation. They also discussed how to further carry out exchanges and cooperation in this field.

Wang emphasized that the China-U.S. counterterrorism cooperation should be in line with the principle of "equal cooperation and two-way mutual benefit". Both sides should respect and accommodate each other's core interests and concerns and safeguard common security interests of the two countries.