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BEIJING, Sept. 30-- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Saturday, discussing U.S. President Donald Trump's state visit to China later this year. "Currently the most important event in our bilateral relations is President Trump's China visit in November," Xi said. "His visit will be a major opportunity for the development of China-U.S. relations." Xi said China-U.S ties have been generally stable, and that he has maintained sound communication with President Trump. Chinese and U.S. teams should implement consensus reached by the two heads of state, grasp the direction of bilateral relationship, respect each other, and focus on cooperation while dealing with differences properly, Xi said. "China attaches great importance to President Trump's visit, and I look forward to working with him to outline and advance our bilateral relations in the years to come," Xi said. He said the teams on both sides should work closely to make the visit "successful and special." China and the U.S. are respectively the largest developing country and the largest developed one as well as two leading economies of the world, Xi said, stressing both sides need to and can cooperate on the bilateral, regional and global levels. "The common interests of our two countries far exceed our differences, and cooperation is the only correct choice," Xi said. The two sides should expand mutually beneficial cooperation and strengthen communication and coordination on major international and regional issues, he said. | 
