Will it be your first time to meet the Chinese President? What is your expectation of the meeting?
A senior US government official emphasized the importance of a productive bilateral relationship with China, just ahead of President Xi Jinping's arrival for a state visit.
President Xi Jinping first visited the United States in 1985, not long after the establishment of Sino-US diplomatic relations in 1979.
A top American foreign policy official vowed Monday that the US-China relationship is not a zero-sum game, as the US is "steadily and methodically expanding the breadth and depth of our cooperation with China."
Previous visits by Xi Jinping to the United States
Chinese President Xi Jinping will soon pay a state visit to the United States at President Obama's invitation. This will be a historic event in China-US relations.
President Xi and his team have done a great job in areas where China's people had hoped to see progress
Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the United States will "deepen people-to-people friendship, expand cooperation and provide new impetus to the new model of major country relationship between China and the US", wrote Yang Jiechi, China's state councillor and a former ambassador of China to the US, in an opinion article published in the Seattle Times.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to the United States is very significant and timely, as it provides opportunity for the leaders of the two great powers to talk about very important issues, US Congressman Rick Larsen told Xinhua in an interview.
