Xinhua News Agency, Beijing/Washington, September 22 Special Article｜Promoting Sino-US relations towards a better future-All walks of life in the United States are full of expectations for President Xi Jinping’s state visit
Xinhua News Agency reporters Liu Chen, Kan Jingwen, Yang Shilong
At the invitation of President Trump of the United States of America, President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the United States from September 23 to 25.
People from all walks of life in the United States warmly welcome President Xi Jinping's state visit to the United States and believe that this visit will effectively promote the stable, healthy and sustainable development of bilateral relations.
American interviewees generally expect that, under the strategic guidance of heads of state diplomacy, the United States and China will continue to move forward along a constructive strategic and stable track, jointly forge a correct way for major countries to get along in the new era, bring more benefits to the two peoples, and contribute more stability and certainty to the world.
"An important moment for the development of relations between the two countries"
"Highly anticipated", "attracted by all parties" and "historic visit"... The US media is paying close attention to President Xi Jinping's upcoming trip to the United States.
"The heads of state of the United States and China are about to meet face-to-face again. This is an important moment for the development of relations between the two countries and will bring more confidence to the world." Robert Lawrence Kuhn, chairman of the Kuhn Foundation, said that all walks of life in the United States warmly welcome President Xi Jinping's visit and look forward to positive results from the visit and injecting impetus into the smooth progress of bilateral relations.
As the most important bilateral relationship in the world today, the Sino-US relationship cannot move forward smoothly without the guidance of the two heads of state. Since President Trump returned to the White House in 2025, President Xi Jinping and President Trump have held two meetings and had many phone calls and exchanges of letters, providing important strategic guarantees for the improvement and development of Sino-US relations.
According to former Iowa Congressman Greg Cusack, good exchanges and interactions between heads of state play an irreplaceable role in the stable, healthy and sustainable development of U.S.-China relations. Chusak expected that the two heads of state would have in-depth and productive communication during this meeting to further enhance understanding and expand consensus.
William Jones, a former White House correspondent for the American magazine "Global Strategic Information", was deeply impressed by the meeting between the presidents of China and the United States in Beijing in May this year. Jones said that at that historic meeting, the two heads of state agreed to regard the constructive strategic and stable relationship between the United States and China as the new positioning of bilateral relations and provide strategic guidance for the development of bilateral relations.
"China has always taken a long-term view and provided an important path for exploring the correct way for the two countries to get along." Jones hopes that President Xi Jinping will put forward new ideas and new insights on better building a constructive strategic and stable relationship between the United States and China during his visit to the United States. "I believe that this visit will lead both sides to further translate the consensus of the heads of state into actions and promote the relationship between the two countries towards a better future."
China and the United States have different national conditions and will inevitably have some differences. As the world's two largest economies, there will sometimes be frictions. Facing the storms and challenges in the development of bilateral relations, the role of the "compass" and "fixing star" of heads of state diplomacy has become more prominent.
"Can China and the United States overcome the 'Thucydides Trap' and create a new paradigm for major power relations? This is an important question raised by President Xi Jinping when he met with President Trump in May." Tom Watkins, a former consultant at the China Innovation Center in Michigan, said that he believes President Xi Jinping's visit will be an important opportunity for the United States and China to properly manage differences and expand exchanges and cooperation, set the course for the development of bilateral relations, and contribute to world prosperity and stability.
“U.S.-China cooperation can not only achieve mutual success, but also benefit the world.”
At this spring's Beijing International Automobile Exhibition, Chinese and American companies enthusiastically communicated around cutting-edge technologies and showed a strong willingness to cooperate. At the exhibition site, Hassan El-Khouri, CEO of ON Semiconductor in the United States, felt the vigorous vitality of China's innovation and development, and also saw the huge potential for U.S. and Chinese companies to deepen cooperation and join hands in innovation.
ON Semiconductor is one of the first multinational semiconductor companies to enter China. Having been deeply involved in the Chinese market for a long time, El-Kuri has personal experience of the importance of maintaining a stable business environment. He is very concerned about the news of President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to the United States. "I believe this visit will promote the United States and China to further strengthen dialogue and communication in the economic and trade field, and help the two countries build stable and constructive economic and trade relations."
The essence of Sino-US economic and trade relations is mutual benefit and win-win results. Strengthening cooperation is the inherent need of both sides and the right choice. As of July this year, the United States has established more than 84,000 foreign-invested companies in China; in the first half of this year, U.S. companies' investment in China increased by 7.8% year-on-year; a report released by the U.S.-China Business Council showed that 92% of the U.S. companies surveyed will achieve profits in their business in China in 2025, and 95% of the U.S. companies surveyed believe that their business in China will help them maintain global competitiveness... Groups of impressive data confirm that China and the United States' "mutual achievement and common prosperity" is a visible and tangible reality.
Tan Sen, president of the U.S.-China Business Council, said that as the world's top two economies, the United States and China have extensive common interests and broad space for cooperation. "Decades of exchanges between the two countries have fully proved that economic and trade cooperation is an important support for the development of bilateral relations." He looked forward to President Xi Jinping's visit to further consolidate cooperation between the two countries and inject new impetus into the stable development of U.S.-China economic and trade relations.
Steve Hoffman, CEO of Founders Space, a well-known incubator in Silicon Valley, said that the United States and China are both major countries in artificial intelligence and look forward to strengthening communication and cooperation between the two countries in this field. This will help promote bilateral relations and help manage industry risks. "I hope this visit will help both parties cooperate in scientific research, open source models and other fields, and benefit the global artificial intelligence industry."
"U.S.-China cooperation can not only achieve mutual success, but also benefit the world." Ralph Wynne, director of the China Project of the U.S.-Eurasian Business Alliance, said that both sides should strengthen communication and consultation on the basis of mutual respect and listen to each other's concerns. This will not only bring more stable expectations to enterprises of both countries, but also boost global market confidence. Winnie believes that President Xi Jinping's visit will promote the two countries to enhance trust, expand cooperation, and bring more stability to world economic development.
“Let the friendship across the Pacific continue”
At the end of August, American friend "Sykos" (real name Ronald Sakolsky), who supports China's desert control cause, visited China again. As time goes by 26 years ago, "Saikos" and the desert control hero Yin Yuzhen embraced each other tightly, marking another touching moment in the people-to-people exchanges between China and the United States.
Talking about this cross-ocean reunion, "Sekos" specifically talked about the "tacit understanding" between him and Yin Yuzhen: If an ordinary American history teacher and a woman living in the desert of China can communicate spiritually, then more people in China and the United States can do the same. "Sekos" said that it looks forward to President Xi Jinping's visit to build more communication bridges between the two countries, so that sincere friendship between the people will "pave the road to a bright future for both countries."
The foundation of Sino-US relations lies in the people, hope lies in the people, the future lies in the youth, and vitality lies in the localities. From "ping-pong diplomacy" with "small balls turning big balls", to pickleball exchanges to enhance youth friendship; from the story of Kuling carrying a century-old friendship, to the inheritance and continuation of the Flying Tigers spirit; from old friends in Iowa frequenting each other, to the initiative of "inviting 50,000 American teenagers to come to China for exchange and study in five years" to achieve the expected goal ahead of schedule... The trickle of people-to-people exchanges and friendship between China and the United States continues to converge into a long river of mutual understanding and affinity between the two peoples.
"The value of people-to-people exchanges lies in allowing people from different countries to transcend cultural and political differences." said Luca Bellon, a member of the board of directors of the Iowa Friendship Committee in the United States. As an old friend of President Xi Jinping in Iowa, Veron has been committed to promoting people-to-people exchanges between the United States and China. In his view, close exchanges between the two peoples are the basis for enhancing mutual trust between the United States and China. "We warmly welcome President Xi Jinping to visit the United States and look forward to this visit creating more opportunities to promote exchanges between the people of the United States and China."
"Youth are the most energetic and full of dreams. They are the future and hope of China-US relations and the future and hope of the world." President Xi Jinping's message to students in China and the United States deeply touched Patrick Ervin, the former principal of Lincoln Middle School in Washington State, USA.
In 2015, President Xi Jinping visited Lincoln Middle School during his visit to the United States. A year later, more than a hundred teachers and students from Lincoln Middle School visited China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping. The then principal, Erwin, deeply realized the positive impact of youth exchanges. "This opens a window for young people in the United States and China to understand each other's lives and cultures, allowing the friendship across the Pacific to continue." He said that he believed that President Xi Jinping's visit would encourage more and more young people to become participants and inheritors of the friendship between the United States and China.
"The people's common pursuit of a better future is the deep bond that promotes the long-term friendship between the people of the United States and China." Jones, an American media person, hopes that President Xi Jinping's visit will bring together more forces for China and the United States to work toward each other. "This is not only related to the well-being of the two peoples, but also the future and destiny of the world."
