Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi (R) shakes hands with US National Security Advisor Susan Rice in Beijing, July 25, 2016. (Photo/Xinhua)
State Councilor Yang Jiechi said he hopes that China and the U.S. could make efforts to expand cooperation in various fields and manage and control their differences in a constructive way.
He made the comment when meeting with visiting U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice in Beijing on Monday.
Yang said, as one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world, the China-U.S. ties have made progress in terms of practical cooperation in various fields, but it also faces a lot of challenges.
"To maintain the stable development of China-U.S. bilateral ties is in line with the interests of both sides and this requires concerted efforts from both countries," he told Rice, who is visiting China from Sunday to Wednesday.
Yang said that he hoped China and the U.S. could stick to the principles of no conflicts, no confrontation, mutual respects and cooperation for win-win results, and focus on their common interests to expand cooperation.
He also noted that both sides should manage and control differences in a constructive way in order to push forward the consistent and stable development of bilateral ties.
During the meeting, Yang emphasized Beijing's firm opposition on the arbitration case, saying that China will continue to steadfastly safeguard its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea.
China strongly urges the U.S. to seriously treat China's concern and not to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in South Korea, he said.
According to Yang, given the current global political and economic situation, to ensure fruitful results to be yielded in the G20 leaders' summit to be held in Hangzhou in September, will help to send the world a message of confidence and inject vitality to the growth of global economy.
China and the U.S., as the top two largest economies, are indispensable in this regard, he said, calling for close cooperation between the two countries to promote the G20 to play an effective role in global economic governance.
Rice said her visit aims to pave the way for U.S. President Barack Obama's participation in the G20 summit and his meeting with President Xi Jinping.
She said, just as President Obama has noted there is no more consequential relationship than U.S.-China ties, and the U.S. welcomes a prosperous and stable China to play active role in international affairs.
The U.S.-China cooperation has yielded great progress in addressing global challenges such as climate change and Ebola, Rice said, adding that bilateral cooperation has reached an unprecedented level.
Washington hopes to enhance mutual understanding and deepen cooperation with China in bilateral areas such as military-to-military as well as in regional and international issues such as peacekeeping, Rice said.
The U.S. hopes that the two sides could properly manage, control and solve their differences, she added.
The U.S. is willing to work together with China and ensure the leaders' meeting in Hangzhou a success and the G20 summit a success, Rice said.
