SAN FRANCISCO, US
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday arrived in San Francisco for a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden, and to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting.
He was received by California
Governor Gavin Newsom, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and other U.S.
representatives at San Francisco International Airport.
Xi's upcoming talks with Biden
are the first meeting between the two heads of state since their vis-a-vis
sit-down in Bali, Indonesia, a year ago. During their Bali talks, the two
leaders reached a series of important common understandings.
In the face of complex
international landscapes and at a time when China-U.S. relations are at a
critical crossroads, Xi's trip to the United States has drawn worldwide
attention.
This year's APEC meetings are
themed "Creating a Resilient and Sustainable Future for All." APEC as
a whole faces downside risks from inflation, debt, climate change, geoeconomic
fragmentation, trade protectionism and geopolitical issues in spite of upside
opportunities from tourism rebound, increased consumption and targeted fiscal
support, according to the APEC Regional Trends Analysis report published on
Sunday.
At last year's APEC gathering
in the Thai capital Bangkok, Xi called for building an Asia-Pacific community
with a shared future.
The Asia-Pacific region is the
most economically prosperous region globally, remaining on track to contribute
about two-thirds of global growth in 2023, the International Monetary Fund said
in October in its report on the economic outlook for Asia and the Pacific.
With mounting factors of
instability and uncertainty in the world economy, there is a widely shared
expectation for the Asia-Pacific to remain an economic engine to lead global
growth, a spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Friday.
"We hope that all parties
will remember what brought countries and regions in the Asia-Pacific together
in the first place, focus on the region's urgent needs, deepen solidarity and
cooperation, deliver on the APEC Putrajaya Vision 2040 in an all-round and
balanced way, and work for positive outcomes at the meeting, so as to provide
new growth impetus for the Asia-Pacific and the wider world and jointly build
an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future," said the
spokesperson.
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