China's top diplomat calls for uninterrupted China-US dialogue

Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi on Friday called for sustained dialogue between China and the United States during a meeting with US representatives to the 2026 China-US Political Dialogue in Beijing.

Wang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, said the two countries should maintain continuous exchanges to clarify shared goals, expand mutually beneficial cooperation and consolidate the foundation of bilateral ties, while working to safeguard global peace and stability.

Wang stressed that both sides should uphold the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, and translate into concrete action the common understandings reached by the two heads of state on building a constructive relationship of strategic stability based on respect, fairness and reciprocity.

The US representatives said people-to-people exchanges, especially youth and student exchanges, help foster friendship and trust between the two peoples.

They voiced appreciation for the "100,000 Youth in Five Years" initiative, under which 100,000 young Americans will visit China for exchanges and study over the next five years, and pledged to work toward the sound and steady development of US-China relations.