Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that China and the U.S. should embrace healthy competition, avoid confrontation, and jointly explore the right way to get along.
In an address at a grand welcome ceremony hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, Xi urged the two sides to strengthen communication, cooperate with sincerity, and aim to co-exist in peace.
"As I have said many times, China and the United States, as two major countries, stand to gain from cooperation and will both lose in confrontation. We do not need to avoid mentioning competition, but our competition should be a healthy one and should be kept within bounds. It should be a race of catching up with one another, not a wrestle in which one either wins or loses. China and the United States must hold the line of no conflict and no confrontation between us, and we can certainly find the right path for our two great countries to get along on this planet we both call home," Xi said.
At the invitation of Trump, Xi is on a state visit to the United States from Wednesday to Friday. It marks Xi's second state visit to the U.S. following his first visit in 2015 and comes after Xi hosted Trump in Beijing back in May.
China, US should get along in healthy competition: Xi
