Informal communications between Xi and Obama

California, June 8, 2013

President Xi Jinping, left, and his US counterpart Barack Obama walk at the Annenberg Retreat of the Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage, California, on June 8, 2013.

Diplomacy with no ties

President Xi Jinping called for implementing the spirit of building new type ties with the United States in all aspects of the bilateral relationship.

Xi stressed that the economic relationship lays an important foundation for the countries' relations.

They have formed a highly complementary and interdependent economic relationship, said the Chinese president, adding that not only will cooperation between China and the United States benefit each other but also impact the global economy.