Xi Jinping returns to US for state visit
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Xi's messages to the youth
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Seattle on Sep 22 for his first state visit to the US, during which he will visit Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington. Xi visited that school in 1993 when he was CPC Party Secretary of Fuzhou Party Committee. He places great importance on the youth, and he not only interacts with young people abroad but also in China. What did he say to the youth in China and the world? Here is a sampling.
Gracious approach
President Xi is on his first state visit to the US from Tuesday, visiting Seattle, Washington and New York.
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| Commentary |
During his first state visit to the United States on Sept. 22-25, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama discussed a variety of issues crucial to the development of bilateral ties and reached broad consensus on continuing to build a new model of major-country relationship between the two countries.
Sino-US cooperation essential for world peace: Afghan analystChinese President Xi Jinping, during a state visit to the United States, said that China and the US can work together to better serve the interests of the two countries and the international community by promoting the settlement of international issues, including supporting peaceful reconstruction and economic development in Afghanistan.
International governance meets needs of China and USWe predict that Beijing and Washington will seek deeper cooperation in international governance and jointly control unavoidable conflicts of interest.
Nation's new global role can offset bilateral differencesIt is not only China and the US which will benefit from enhanced cooperation but also the entire planet as these two are able to offer together tangible solutions to problems.
US experts hail China-US consensus on cyber security as "significant"US experts hailed the consensus reached between China and the United States on jointly fighting cyber crimes, and step-up investigation assistance and information sharing on cyber crimes cases as a "significant" development that could prevent tensions from worsening in the virtual world.
| Previous visits |
| Time | Then position | Main schedule |
|---|---|---|
| First visit: 1985 | Party Secretary of Zhengding County Party Committee, CPC | Xi vsited Muscatine, Iowa, as part of a Chinese delegation to learn about American agriculture. |
| 1992 and 1995 | Party Secretary of Fuzhou Party Committee, CPC | Xi conversed with urban construction program officials in US cities with later plans for modernizing Fuzhou. |
| 2006 | Party Secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, CPC | Xi attended meetings on promoting economic and trade cooperation and exchanges between Zhejiang and the US. |
| 2012 | Vice President | Xi met with US president Barack Obama, vice president Joe Biden, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. He also revisited Muscatine and reunited with his friends there. |
| 2013 | President | Xi is greeted by the US president Barack Obama at the Annenberg Retreat, California, beginning a new form of retreats for top Sino-US officials. |
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