Chinese and American youth visit Xiaomi’s automobile factory in Beijing, capital of China, July 12, 2025. (China International Communications Group Center for the Americas/Handout via Xinhua)

Looking ahead, China and the United States should strengthen engagement, avoid misperceptions, manage differences, and expand cooperation, ensuring the implementation of the leaders’ consensus for a stable, healthy and sustainable bilateral relationship.

BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday in Busan, South Korea, offers a vital opportunity for both countries to strengthen their relationship.

In a world full of uncertainties, the consensus reached between the two leaders provides a clear path forward for stabilizing China-U.S. ties and promoting global stability. This highlights the important role the head-of-state diplomacy plays in guiding China-U.S. relations.

As noted by Xi during the meeting, in the face of winds, waves and challenges, the two leaders should stay the right course, navigate through the complex landscape, and ensure the steady sailing forward of the giant ship of China-U.S. relations.

Since the beginning of this year, the two leaders have spoken on the phone three times, exchanged several letters and stayed in close contact. Under their joint guidance, China-U.S. relations have remained stable on the whole.

This fully demonstrates that for the two giant vessels of China and the United States to move forward together, without veering off course or losing speed, it is essential to unwaveringly adhere to the strategic leadership of the two heads of state and fully implement their important consensus.

China-U.S. relations influence the direction of the world. A sound, stable and sustainable bilateral relationship not only aligns with the long-term interests of both countries but also reflects the aspirations of the global community.

As noted by Xi, there is good potential for the two countries to work together on combating illegal immigration and telecom fraud, anti-money laundering, artificial intelligence, and responding to infectious diseases. During the meeting, the two presidents agreed to enhance cooperation in economic, trade, energy and other fields, and to encourage more people-to-people exchanges.

This once again demonstrates that China and the United States gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation. The two countries share extensive common interests and vast areas for cooperation. They can be partners and friends, achieve mutual success, prosper together, benefit their own people and contribute to the world.

As two major countries with different national conditions, it is normal for the two leading economies of the world to have frictions now and then. The key is to respect each other’s core interests and major concerns, and to find appropriate ways to resolve issues.