Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama take a walk before heading into their second meeting, at the Annenberg Retreat, California, the United States, June 8, 2013. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
The meeting took place only three months after Xi took office as Chinese president. It had been widely anticipated that Xi would have his first presidential-level talks with Obama at the G20 summit in Russia in September 2013. However, Xi made it happen earlier by dropping by during his trip to Latin America.
The two leaders reached a consensus on building a new model of China-U.S. relations featuring no conflict, no confrontation, mutual respect, cooperation and common prosperity.
