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Chinese title: 开辟大国相处正确之道 书写中美关系历史新篇
Subtitle: Wang Yi, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Discusses President Xi Jinping’s State Visit to the United States
Chinese subtitle: ——中共中央政治局委员、外交部长王毅谈习近平主席对美国进行国事访问
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China 中华人民共和国外交部
Published: September 26, 2026, 18:25
Original link: MFA statement
From September 23 to 25, 2026, President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to the United States. As the trip concluded, Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, briefed accompanying journalists on the visit.
2026年9月23日至25日，国家主席习近平对美国进行国事访问。行程结束之际，中共中央政治局委员、外交部长王毅向随行记者介绍此访情况。
Wang Yi said that September had seen a succession of major events and highlights in head-of-state diplomacy. After visiting Central Asia, the Middle East, and South Asia, President Xi Jinping traveled to the other side of the Pacific for a visit to the United States that drew worldwide attention. This was President Xi’s first state visit to the United States in 11 years. With the two heads of state exchanging visits within six months, it made history in China–U.S. exchanges. The visit had a packed schedule and substantial content. In a friendly atmosphere of mutual respect, President Xi and President Trump exchanged views candidly and in depth on strategic and overarching matters concerning China–U.S. relations and the global situation. The U.S. side accorded President Xi the highest level of protocol courtesies. President Trump and his wife personally welcomed him at the airport, where a military band played the Chinese and U.S. national anthems, a 21-gun salute was fired, and honor guards from each branch of the armed forces stood in formation to pay their respects, providing a grand opening to the visit. The following day, President Trump held a grand welcoming ceremony for President Xi at the White House. The two heads of state delivered important speeches and stood side by side to review the honor guard and watch fighter jets fly over the White House. That evening, President Trump and his wife decorated the White House East Room in Chinese red and hosted a grand state banquet welcoming President Xi and his wife, bringing together senior figures from the U.S. administration and Congress and prominent people from various sectors. These carefully designed protocol arrangements underscored the U.S. side’s full respect for President Xi and the great importance it attaches to China–U.S. relations.
王毅说，9月，元首外交高潮迭起、精彩纷呈。在到访中亚、中东、南亚后，习近平主席远赴太平洋彼岸，开启举世瞩目的美国之行。这是习近平主席时隔11年再次对美国进行国事访问，实现两国元首半年内互访，创造了中美交往的历史。此访日程紧凑、内容丰富，习近平主席同特朗普总统在相互尊重的友好氛围中就事关中美关系和世界大势的战略性、全局性问题坦诚深入交换意见。美方给予习近平主席最高规格礼遇。特朗普总统夫妇亲赴机场迎接，军乐团高奏中美两国国歌，现场鸣放21响礼炮，各军种仪仗队整齐排列致敬，为访问拉开恢弘序幕。次日，特朗普总统在白宫为习近平主席举行盛大欢迎仪式，两国元首发表重要讲话，并肩检阅仪仗队和战机飞越白宫。当晚，特朗普总统夫妇以中国红装点白宫东厅，为习近平主席夫妇举行隆重欢迎国宴，美府院政要和各界名流齐聚一堂。这些精心设计的礼宾安排凸显美方对习近平主席的充分尊重和对中美关系的高度重视。
Media at home and abroad focused on the visit, giving it extensive front-page and headline coverage and analysis. They generally regarded it as a historic visit of landmark significance. Against an international backdrop marked by intertwined upheaval and disorder, the visit carried forward the positive effects of the two heads of state’s Beijing meeting, guided new progress in the constructive China–U.S. relationship of strategic stability, and sent a positive signal of China and the United States moving toward each other, coexisting peacefully, and pursuing mutual benefit and win-win outcomes, benefiting both countries and the world.
国内外媒体聚焦此次访问，纷纷以头版头条密集报道解读，普遍认为这是一次历史性访问，具有里程碑意义。在变乱交织的国际形势下，此访延续了两国元首北京会晤积极效应，引领中美建设性战略稳定关系取得新发展，释放了中美相向而行、和平共处、互利共赢的积极信号，造福两国、惠及世界。
一、拓展中美关系新定位
Wang Yi said that head-of-state diplomacy is the anchor of China–U.S. relations. Since President Trump returned to office, the two heads of state have met three times, spoken by telephone five times, and exchanged letters on numerous occasions. They have maintained close contact and developed a way of interacting based on mutual respect and sincerity, which has become the most valuable strategic asset in China–U.S. relations. At every critical juncture in the voyage of the great ship of China–U.S. relations, head-of-state diplomacy has provided guidance and direction.
王毅说，元首外交是中美关系的定盘星。特朗普总统再次就任以来，两国元首3次会晤、5次通话、多次书信往来，保持密切交往，形成了彼此尊重、真诚相待的相处模式，成为中美关系最宝贵的战略资产。在中美关系这艘大船前行的每一个关键时刻，都有元首外交领航定向。
During President Trump’s visit to China in May this year, the two heads of state jointly affirmed the new positioning of a constructive China–U.S. relationship of strategic stability. They made clear that the two sides should work toward a relationship in which cooperation predominates, competition is kept within bounds, differences are manageable, and peace can be expected. This new positioning both reflects the reality of steady progress in China–U.S. relations and embodies both sides’ expectation that relations will continue to improve. It is an important step toward finding the right way for the two countries to get along. Following the direction set by the two heads of state, the two sides have actively advanced dialogue and cooperation, properly handled differences and friction, and maintained overall stability in China–U.S. relations.
今年5月，特朗普总统访华期间，两国元首共同确认中美建设性战略稳定关系新定位，明确要朝着合作为主、竞争有度、分歧可控、和平可期的方向努力。新定位既反映了中美关系稳中有进的现实，也体现了双方对中美关系不断改善的期许，是迈向两国正确相处之道的重要一步。双方沿着两国元首指明的方向，积极推进对话合作，妥善处理分歧摩擦，实现了中美关系的总体稳定。