Q: President Xi Jinping yesterday held state events for the visiting U.S. President Donald Trump, which drew close attention from home and abroad. Can you give us more details?

A: At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, U.S. President Donald Trump is paying a state visit to China. The two presidents are meeting again in person since their Busan meeting last October and it is the first visit to China by a U.S. president in nine years. On May 14, President Xi Jinping held a welcome ceremony and a welcoming banquet for President Trump, and held talks and visited the Temple of Heaven with him. The two presidents had an in-depth exchange of views on major issues concerning the two countries and the world and reached a series of new common understandings.

The two presidents agreed on a new vision of building a constructive China-U.S. relationship of strategic stability to provide strategic guidance for China-U.S. relations over the next three years and beyond, promote the steady, sound and sustainable development of China-U.S. relations, and bring more peace, prosperity and progress to the world.

The two presidents have reached important common understandings on handling their mutual concerns in a proper manner. They both agreed to strengthen communication and coordination on international and regional issues.

Interactions between the two presidents have enhanced mutual understanding, deepened mutual trust, advanced practical cooperation, increased benefits for the people of both countries, and injected much-needed stability and certainty into the world.