On May 22, 2014, Vice Foreign Minister Xie Hangsheng met with Michele Bond, Acting Assistant Secretary of State of the US State Department, who was attending the 8th round of China-US Consultation on Consular Affairs. Both sides spoke positively of the status quo of the China-US consular relations and agreed that facilitation of the personnel exchanges and guarantees of the legitimate rights and interests of both peoples conduce to the promotion of the sound development of the bilateral relations. They expressed the hope to continue strengthening the consular cooperation so as to benefit the two peoples.