Archive · 25 Sep 2026
Xi Jinping Calls for Stronger China-US Ties at State Dinner
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the United States and attended a dinner hosted by President Donald Trump.
Xi thanked Trump and Melania Trump for welcoming him and his wife, Peng Liyuan.
He said the two leaders had talked seriously about several issues.
Xi said they reached a shared understanding that could guide relations between China and the United States.
He remembered Trump's visit to China in May.
The leaders had earlier agreed to seek a stable and constructive relationship.
Xi urged people in both countries to build friendship together.
Trump gave Xi a bald eagle statue as a gift during the dinner.
Xi Jinping thanked Donald Trump and Melania Trump for hosting him and Peng Liyuan at a White House state dinner.
Xi said his meeting with Trump produced a common understanding on several issues affecting China-US relations.
He called for both countries to nurture friendship between their peoples and write a new chapter in bilateral ties.
Xi recalled that Trump visited China in May and said the leaders agreed to build a constructive relationship based on strategic stability.
Trump welcomed Xi and Peng Liyuan, and gave Xi a roughly three-foot-tall bald eagle statue designed by an American artist with Trump and Melania Trump.
- Who
- Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump, Melania Trump, and Peng Liyuan.
- What
- Xi called for stronger China-US ties after a meeting with Trump and said the leaders reached common understandings on several issues.
- When
- Thursday local time; the articles also refer to Trump's visit to China in May of the same year.
- Where
- Washington, at the White House.
- Why
- Xi said the countries should strengthen people-to-people friendship and develop a constructive relationship based on strategic stability.
- Event
- White House state dinner for Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan
- Host
- US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump
- Main message
- Xi called for nurturing China-US friendship and writing a new chapter in bilateral relations.
- Leaders' discussion
- Xi said he and Trump held sincere, in-depth exchanges and reached a common understanding on several issues.
- Earlier visit
- Trump visited China in May, according to Xi.
- Agreed relationship
- The leaders had agreed to build a constructive China-US relationship based on strategic stability.
- Gift
- Trump gave Xi a roughly three-foot-tall bald eagle statue.
