Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met a bipartisan US Senate delegation in Beijing on Thursday, calling for more dialogue and cooperation between the two countries ahead of President Donald Trump's planned visit.
The delegation, led by Republican Senator Steve Daines of Montana, is the first bipartisan group from the US Senate to visit since Trump took office in 2025. It includes members from both parties and is touring Beijing and Shanghai this week.
Li told the senators that China wants to implement consensus reached by the two heads of state, strengthen exchanges, and achieve more practical results. He said mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation remain the right path for the two nations.
Wang Yi said face-to-face communication helps build trust and asked the United States to respect China's core interests while managing differences properly. He noted that bilateral relations have stayed stable overall under guidance from the leaders' diplomacy.
Daines, on his seventh visit to China, is preparing for Trump's rescheduled trip next week. The senator last came in March 2025 as the first senior Republican visitor after the start of Trump's second term.
