Chinese President Xi Jinping met with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday morning (Beijing time), the first face-to-face meeting virtually since Biden took office. (Photo: Xinhua)
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday morning (Beijing time), the first face-to-face meeting virtually since Biden took office, and the two leaders are expected to exchange views on strategic issues concerning the future of China-US relations and issues of common concern.
As a major event for China-US relations and for international relations, the highly expected meeting is closely watched by the world, which is expected to yield positive results for the world.
The Chinese president said both China and the US are at critical stages of development, and the "global village" of humanity faces multiple challenges.
As the world's two largest economies and permanent members of the UN Security Council, China and the US need to increase communication and cooperation, each run their domestic affairs well and, at the same time, shoulder their share of international responsibilities, and work together to advance the noble cause of world peace and development, Xi told Biden.
A sound and steady China-US relationship is needed for advancing the two countries' respective development and for safeguarding a peaceful and stable international environment, including finding effective responses to global challenges such as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, Xi stressed.
"China and the US should respect each other, coexist in peace, and pursue win-win cooperation," he said, expressing his readiness to work with Biden to build consensus and take active steps to move China-US relations forward in a positive direction.
Ding Xuexiang, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi as well as Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng are among the attendees to the meeting, as a Xinhua picture showed.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan are among the US officials to the meeting, people familiar with the matter told the Global Times earlier.
China is also expected to express its position on matters of core interests such as the Taiwan question, seeking cooperation on major issues such as security with the US, said experts, predicting that regardless of whether there will be consensus reached, the meeting itself will have great significance to the world.
