China’s President Xi Jinping has met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing amid rising tensions between the 2 nations.

Speaking after the assembly on Monday, Mr Xi mentioned he hoped that Mr Blinken would make “more positive contributions” to stabilising US-China relations, state media reported.

Mr Blinken, who’s in China for his second day of conferences, met with China’s high diplomat earlier on Monday and with international minister Qin Gang on Sunday.

It is the primary go to to China by a US Secretary of State in 5 years.

Mr Blinken can be the highest-level US official to go to China since President Joe Biden took workplace.

The go to had been postponed from earlier in the year following the spy balloon saga, when a suspected Chinese surveillance system flew over US airspace for a number of days earlier than being shot down.

Mr Blinken’s go to is predicted to usher in a brand new spherical of visits by senior US and Chinese officers – presumably together with a gathering between Mr Xi and Mr Biden within the coming months.

In earlier conferences between Mr Blinken and senior Chinese officers, the 2 sides expressed willingness to speak.

However, they confirmed little inclination to bend on hardened positions akin to Taiwan – the self-governing island that Beijing claims as its personal territory.

They are additionally at odds over points starting from commerce, US efforts to carry again China’s semiconductor business, and the ruling Communist Party’s human rights observe file.

On Sunday, Mr Blinken “emphasised the importance of diplomacy and maintaining open channels of communication” throughout his assembly with Mr Gang, in keeping with an announcement by the US State Department.

Regular talks would “reduce the risk of misperception and miscalculation,” the division added.