Leading the ship of China US relations through storms and steadily moving forward
This is the second face-to-face meeting between the heads of state of China and the United States since Busan in October last year, and also the first visit to China by a US president after 9 years.
Looking back at the process of achieving overall stability in China US relations through ups and downs, head of state diplomacy has always been the "star setting" of China US relations, playing an irreplaceable strategic leading role and providing important strategic guarantees for the improvement and development of China US relations.
In October 2025, in Busan, South Korea, President Xi Jinping and President Trump met again after a six-year hiatus, marking the first face-to-face interaction between the two heads of state since the inauguration of the new US government. The two leaders had a deep conversation lasting over 100 minutes.
After the Busan summit, the overall stability and improvement of China US relations have been widely welcomed by both countries and the international community. In November of last year and February of this year, the two heads of state had two more phone conversations, continuing to steer and guide the development of China US relations.
This year, both China and the United States have important agendas. China's 15th Five Year Plan begins, and the United States will celebrate its 250th anniversary. The two countries will host the APEC Economic Leaders' Informal Meeting and the G20 Leaders' Summit respectively. Both peoples and the international community hope that the China US relationship can develop healthily and steadily, benefiting both countries and the world.
As the world's largest developing and developed countries, it is a common sense that "cooperation brings mutual benefits, while confrontation harms both" between China and the United States, which has been repeatedly verified through practice. In the current turbulent and intertwined international situation, a stable China US relationship is particularly needed to inject valuable stability into the world.
The relationship between China and the United States is one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world today, and the strategic choices of both countries affect the direction of world history. No matter how the international situation changes, China insists on viewing and handling its relations with the United States from the perspective of its own and the world's overall and long-term interests, which is in line with the aspirations of the two peoples and the international community.
The meeting between the heads of state of China and the United States is approaching, and the world's attention is focused on Beijing. People expect that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, both sides can maintain the hard won stable situation, explore the construction of a strategic, constructive, and stable China US relationship, and make 2026 a landmark year for the healthy, stable, and sustainable development of China US relations.