The Chinese and U.S. delegations held talks on economic and trade issues on Sunday at the OECD headquarters in Paris.
The Chinese delegation, now on a trip to the French capital from Saturday to Tuesday, is led by Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.
According to a China Global Television Network (CGTN) reporter on site, the closed-door meeting on the first day of talks lasted about 6.5 hours and that details are yet to be disclosed. The two delegations left the venue after the meeting.
China's Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Friday that, guided by the important consensuses reached between the heads of state of the two countries during their meeting in Busan and in previous phone conversations, the two sides would engage in consultations on economic and trade issues of mutual concern.
Chinese, US delegations hold economic, trade talks in Paris
Chinese, US delegations hold economic, trade talks in Paris
The Taiwan question concerns China's core interests and constitutes the biggest risk in China-U.S. relations, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday when speaking to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the phone.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, noted that the U.S. side should honor its commitments and make the right choices, opening new space for China-U.S. cooperation and doing its part to promote world peace.
Head-of-state diplomacy has always been the "anchor" of China-U.S. relations, Wang said.
Noting that bilateral ties have generally remained stable under the strategic guidance of Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump, Wang said it serves the fundamental interests of both peoples and meets the common expectations of the international community.
Both sides should safeguard the hard-won stability, prepare well for key high-level interaction agendas, expand areas of cooperation, manage differences, explore building a China-U.S. relationship that is strategic, constructive and stable, and achieve mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation.
For his part, Rubio said that the U.S.-China relationship is the most important bilateral relationship in the world, and head-of-state diplomacy is at the core of the relationship.
Both sides should maintain communication and coordination, respect each other, properly handle differences, accumulate achievements for high-level interactions between the United States and China, and seek strategic stability in U.S.-China relations, said Rubio.
The two sides also exchanged views on the situation in the Middle East, among others.
Taiwan question constitutes biggest risk in China-US relations: Chinese FM
