Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a message to his US counterpart, Donald Trump, that new substantial progress has been made on the text of the China-US economic and trade agreement in the past more than one month.

In the message conveyed by Chinese vice premier Liu He at a meeting with Trump on Thursday, Xi encouraged the two sides to keep up with the spirit of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, and resolve issues of mutual concern so as to conclude the negotiations on the agreement text as soon as possible.

Xi also said that a healthy and stable development of China-U.S. relations needs, in particular, their strategic leadership.

Xi said that he is ready to keep close contact with Trump through various means, according to the message conveyed by Chinese Vice Premier Liu He during his meeting with Trump at the White House.

Chinese vice premier Liu He said on Thursday that the Chinese and US negotiation teams have over the past two days conducted fruitful consultations and reached new consensus on such important issues as the text of the economic and trade agreement.

Liu made the remarks while meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House.

During the meeting, Liu also said that the two sides, guided by the consensus reached by the two heads of state, will continue with the consultations to achieve more progress on issues of mutual concern so as to conclude the negotiations as soon as possible.

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