China's top envoy to the United States called on Washington to work with Beijing to preserve hard-won improvements in relations and implement important consensus reached by President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump at their May summit.
"The most important thing now is to take concrete actions to faithfully implement the common understandings reached between the two presidents, translate the new vision of a constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability into real actions, and keep expanding the list for cooperation while shortening the list of problems," Ambassador Xie Feng said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a reception at the embassy marking the 99th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Xie said the two countries have "every obligation to pursue dialogue and cooperation, and no single reason for conflict or confrontation".
He said that during their summit in Beijing, the leaders made clear the two countries will work toward a relationship with cooperation as the mainstay, competition within proper limits, manageable differences, an expectable peace, and explore a right way to get along in the new era.
As the world's two largest economies, permanent members of the UN Security Council and nuclear-weapon states, the countries share a special responsibility for maintaining world peace and stability and advancing global development and prosperity, he said.
