His Excellency Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, has affirmed he is ready to continue working with U.S. President Donald Trump to build a solid foundation for bilateral ties, and create a sound atmosphere for the development of both countries.
President Xi Jinping made this assurance on Thursday 30 October 2025 as he met with U.S President Donald Trump at a meeting held in Busan, South Korea. The two leaders also agreed to maintain interactions on a regular basis.
President Trump looked forward to visiting China early next year, and has invited President Xi to visit the United States.
President Xi said: “In the face of winds, waves and challenges, we 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.
“China and the United States can jointly shoulder our responsibility as major countries, and work together to accomplish more great and concrete things for the good of our two countries and the whole world.”
Xi also said that under their joint guidance, China-U.S. relations have remained stable on the whole.
“China and the United States should be partners and friends. That is what history has taught us and what reality needs,” he stated, adding: “Given different national conditions, the two sides do not always see eye to eye with each other, and it is normal for the two leading economies of the world to have frictions now and then.”
Xi further said: “You and I are at the helm of China-U.S. relations.”
Veering onto the economy, President Xi said there is a good momentum in China’s economic development, that in the first three quarters of this year, China’s economy increased by 5.2 per cent, and import and export trade in goods with the rest of the world expanded by 4 per cent.
This is not an easy accomplishment given the domestic and external difficulties, Xi noted, saying the Chinese economy is like a vast ocean – big, resilient and promising. “We have the confidence and capability to navigate all kinds of risks and challenges,” he added.
At its fourth plenary session, the 20th CPC Central Committee deliberated over pertinent issues and adopted the recommendations for the economic and social development plan over the next five years.
“Over the past seven decades and more, we have been working from generation to generation on the same blueprint to make it a reality. We have no intention to challenge or supplant anyone,” Xi assured, saying their focus has always been on managing China’s own affairs well, “improving ourselves, and sharing development opportunities with all countries” across the world.
Highlighting an important secret to China’s success, Xi said China will further deepen reform across the board, expand opening, and promote higher-quality economic growth while achieving an appropriate increase in economic output.
This, he said, includes advancing well-rounded human development and common prosperity for all, adding that such a path will also expand the space for cooperation between China and the United States.
Xi noted that the two countries’ economic and trade teams had an in-depth exchange of views on important economic and trade issues, and reached consensus on solving various issues.
He called on the two teams to work out and finalize the follow-up steps as soon as possible, and ensure that the common understandings are effectively upheld and implemented, to inject confidence into the two countries as well as the global economy through solid deliverables.
China-U.S. economic and trade relations have experienced ups and downs recently, and this has also given the two sides some insights, Xi noted.
The business relationship, Xi said, should continue to serve as the anchor and driving force for China-U.S. relations, not a stumbling block or a point of friction.
The two sides should think big and recognize the long-term benefit of cooperation, and must not fall into a vicious cycle of mutual retaliation, he advises, calling on the two teams to continue their talks in the spirit of equality, mutual respect and benefit, and continuously shorten the list of problems and lengthen the list of cooperation.
President Xi said dialogue is better than confrontation, adding that China and the United States should maintain communication through various channels and at various levels to enhance mutual understanding.
There is good potential for the two countries to work together on combating illegal immigration and telecom fraud, supporting anti-money laundering, artificial intelligence, and responding to infectious diseases, he said.
Xi calls on the competent departments to strengthen dialogue and exchanges and carry out mutually beneficial cooperation, adding that the two countries should also engage in positive interactions on regional and international platforms.
“The world today is confronted with many tough problems. China and the United States can jointly shoulder our responsibility as major countries, and work together to accomplish more great and concrete things for the good of our two countries and the whole world,” he stated.
China will host APEC 2026, and the United States the G20 summit next year, Xi revealed, saying the two sides can support each other in making both summits productive to promote world economic growth and improve global economic governance.
Trump said it was a great honour to meet with Xi, that China is a great country and President Xi is a well-respected great leader, both have been good friends for many years and have always got along well.
Trump added that the United States and China have always had a fantastic relationship, and it will be even better, voicing his hope for an even better future for both China and the United States.
US president described China as the biggest partner of the United States, saying that with joint efforts, the two countries could get many great things done for the world and have many years of success.
Trump confirmed that China will host the 2026 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, while the United States will host the G20 Summit next year, wishing both sides every success in these important events.
The two presidents have agreed to enhance cooperation in economic, trade, energy and other fields and to encourage more people-to-people exchanges.
Source: Xinhua
