WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and his spouse, Peng Liyuan, on Thursday night attended a state dinner held by U.S. President Donald Trump and his spouse, Melania Trump, on the White House.
Xi and Peng have been warmly greeted by the U.S. presidential couple upon their arrival. The two presidential {couples} posed for pictures and met with visitors attending the dinner.
Xi and Trump delivered remarks respectively after the dinner started.
Xi prolonged honest greetings and greatest needs for the Mid-Autumn Festival to Americans from all sectors of society who care about and help the additional progress of China-U.S. relations.
Xi famous that Trump paid a profitable go to to China in May, and that the 2 heads of state exchanged state visits inside six months, making historical past in bilateral engagement.
He stated frequent understanding on many points have been reached throughout his go to this time, including new substance to the constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability, and offering contemporary strategic steerage for bilateral ties.
Xi burdened that over 200 years in the past, quickly after its independence, the United States turned its eyes to China. The two international locations began buying and selling with one another, exchanging items to fulfill one another’s wants and drawing on their complementary strengths.
Noting that greater than 80 years in the past, the Chinese and American individuals stood shoulder to shoulder within the battle in opposition to Japanese militarist aggressors, Xi stated such a friendship cast in blood and fireplace will certainly dwell on by the generations.
Over 50 years in the past, Ping-Pong Diplomacy between the 2 international locations reopened the door to bilateral exchanges that had been closed for years, Xi stated. The older technology of Chinese and U.S. statesmen, with the political knowledge of “a small ball moving the globe,” set in movement the historic strategy of normalizing China-U.S. relations.
Xi stated the story of an American named Ronald Sakolsky, who greater than 20 years in the past gave monetary help to Chinese desert management employee Yin Yuzhen for her tree-planting effort, touches the hearts of many Chinese individuals and stands as a shining instance of the pleasant exchanges between the 2 peoples.
Xi famous that bilateral exchanges have helped promote heart-to-heart communication between the 2 peoples and cemented public help for China-U.S. friendship and cooperation.
Today, China-U.S. relations have come to a different historic juncture, Xi stated.
Trump’s pledge to make America nice once more and China’s dedication to attaining nice nationwide rejuvenation are each bold objectives that may certainly be mutually reinforcing, he stated.
He stated China and the United States should act as accountable main international locations, meet the expectations of the 2 peoples, maintain tempo with the pattern of the instances, and discover a brand new strategy for main international locations to get together with one another.
Like a river that by no means stops flowing, historical past by no means stands nonetheless, Xi stated, including that the friendship between the 2 peoples is a worthy trigger that holds nice promise.
The two sides ought to be a part of fingers and transfer ahead facet by facet, nurture the gorgeous flowers of China-U.S. friendship, and write a brand new chapter of their pleasant relations, he added.
The state dinner was held in a heat and cordial environment, that includes fantastic performances placed on by American artists.