On September 25 local time, President Xi Jinping held talks with President Barack Obama of the US in Washington D.C. Xi Jinping raised important proposals for the next-stage development of China-US relations and stressed to push the China-US relations to develop along the right track all the time. The two sides agreed to continue to strive for a new model of China-US major-country relationship.

Xi Jinping pointed out that the China-US relationship is one of the most important bilateral relations in the world. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations 36 years ago, the China-US relations have gone through trials and hardships, but always moved forward and thus realized historic development. I met with President Barack Obama at the Annenberg Estate in June, 2013 and reached consensus on building a new model of China-US major-country relations with concerted efforts. Over the past two-odd years, the China-US relations have kept making new progress, bringing abundant benefits to people in the two nations and the world at large. China is willing to work together with the US side to uphold non-conflict and non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation, constantly expand practical cooperation at bilateral, regional and global levels and manage and control differences and sensitive issues by constructive means, so as to promote the China-US relations to move ahead on the right track all the time.

Xi Jinping put forward a six-pronged proposal for the next-stage development of China-US relations. First, the two sides should maintain close exchanges and communication at high and other levels, make good use of critical dialogue mechanisms like the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue, the High-Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchanges and Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, and continue to play the role of high-level strategic communication in leading and promoting the China-US relations. Second, the two countries should expand and deepen practical cooperation in various fields, including economy and trade, military, counter-terrorism, law enforcement, energy, environmental protection and infrastructure construction. Third, China and the US should keep closer people-to-people and cultural exchanges and consolidate the social basis for bilateral relations. Fourth, the two countries should respect each other's differences in historical and cultural traditions, social systems, as well as development paths and development stages, and endeavor to turn these differences into impetus for mutual learning and common progress. Fifth, the two sides should continue to deepen dialogue and cooperation in Asia-Pacific affairs. Sixth, China and the US should jointly deal with regional and global challenges, enrich the strategic connotations of their relations and provide the international community with more public goods.

Barack Obama expressed that the US and China have common interests in many issues and the two countries have made great progress in cooperation of various fields. The US side appreciates China for its essential role in aspects such as promoting the reaching of the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue, realizing the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the reconstruction of Afghanistan. The US is willing to keep close coordination on relevant issues with China. Besides, the two sides should strengthen cooperation in fields such as climate change, medical treatment and healthcare and combating smuggling of wild animals and plants.

Xi Jinping stressed that bilateral military relationship is an essential component of China-US relations. The two sides should maintain the momentum of high-level military exchanges, make good use of institutional dialogue and conduct more joint drills and training. The Chinese side will participate at invitation the 2016 Rim of the Pacific multilateral naval drills and dispatch personnel to Seattle to participate in humanitarian aid and disaster relief rehearsal in November.

Xi Jinping pointed out that both China and the US are permanent members of the UN Security Council, thus shoulder special responsibilities to maintain world peace and security and share broad common interests on the UN peacekeeping issues. The two sides should keep constant communication and cooperation in peacekeeping operations and make new contributions to the UN peacekeeping cause and the international peace and security.

Xi Jinping emphasized that the Chinese nation is highly sensitive to issues concerning China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. It is hoped that the US will observe relevant commitments and will not support any action aiming at damaging China's unity and stability.

Barack Obama expressed that the US speaks positively of the new progress in the construction of confidence-building mechanism between the two armies and encourages the two forces to continuously strengthen consultation and carry out cooperation in concrete fields like disaster relief. The US appreciates China for its participation in and support for the UN peacekeeping operations and hopes that the summit on the UN peacekeeping this month will contribute to sectors like enhancing the capacity-building of the African Union. Barack Obama reiterated that the US adheres to the one-China policy and abides by the principles of the three US-China Joint Communiqués, and this stand will not change. The US does not support "Taiwanese independence", "Tibetan independence" or "Xinjiang independence", and it will not intervene in the affairs of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

The two heads of state reached multiple important consensus and results. The two sides spoke positively of the great progress in China-US relations since the meeting in the Annenberg Estate and agreed to continue to expand practical cooperation at bilateral, regional and global levels based on the consensus made by the two sides and to manage and control differences and sensitive issues by constructive means for constant and new achievements.

The two sides agreed to vigorously push forward negotiations and step up efforts to reach a high-level investment agreement featuring mutual benefit and win-win results. The two countries will expand mutually beneficial cooperation in fields including energy, environmental protection, science and technology, aviation, infrastructure construction, agriculture and public health. Both agreed to enhance macroeconomic policy coordination, jointly promote world economic growth and maintain financial stability, and establish the China-US regular communication mechanism for economic affairs to this end. The two sides will also strengthen cooperation in multilateral mechanisms such as G20, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The US supports the RMB's incorporation into the IMF's Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket of currencies under the premise of meeting the IMF's relevant standards, and promises to implement as soon as possible the IMF quota and governance reform program passed at the G20 Summit in 2010.

The two sides agreed to increase communications and policy dialogues between the two armies at different levels and hold more joint drills and training. Both sides deemed terrorism as common threat of mankind and agreed to enhance bilateral and multilateral counter-terrorism cooperation. Both agreed to expand communication and cooperation in such areas as counter-piracy, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief as well as international peacekeeping; strengthen anti-corruption and law enforcement cooperation and jointly combat all types of transnational crimes of corruption.

The two sides viewed that China and the US share broad common interests in the Asia-Pacific region and should deepen dialogue and cooperation in regional affairs, strive to build a relationship featuring active interaction and inclusive cooperation in the region, and work together with other regional countries to promote peace, stability and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific.

The two sides decided to continue to cooperate in addressing global challenges and provide more public goods to the international community. Both sides issued once again a joint statement on coping with climate change and agreed to expand bilateral practical cooperation, strengthen coordination in multilateral negotiations and jointly promote the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris for important results. The two sides signed the China-US Memorandum of Understanding of Cooperation for Development, and agreed to expand trilateral cooperation in Africa and Asia and other regions in fields such as food security, public health system construction, emergency and disaster relief and maintain communication and coordination in the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda. The two sides agreed to firmly safeguard the international nuclear non-proliferation system, and welcome the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan concerning the Iranian nuclear issue reached by relevant parties. Both sides reaffirmed their commitments to realizing the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula by peaceful means and to maintaining peace and stability on the peninsula.

The two sides decided to set 2016 as Year of China-US Tourism. The Chinese side will subsidize 50,000 students from both sides to study in the other country in the coming three years, and welcomes the US to expand the 100 Thousand Strong Foundation from universities to primary and middle schools, so as to achieve the goal of one million American students learning Chinese by 2020.

The two heads of state also exchanged views on the South China Sea, cyber security, human rights and other topics. Xi Jinping elaborated China's principled stand.

Wang Huning, Li Zhanshu, Yang Jiechi and others attended the talks.