Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 17. On the evening of January 17, President Xi Jinping spoke with US President-elect Trump on the phone at the invitation.

Xi Jinping congratulated Trump on his re-election of the US president, pointing out that we all attach great importance to each other's interactions and hope that Sino-US relations will have a good start in the new term of US president, and are willing to promote greater progress in Sino-US relations at a new starting point.

Xi Jinping stressed that the two great countries of China and the United States are pursuing their respective dreams and are committed to allowing the people to live a better life. China and the United States have broad common interests and broad space for cooperation, and can become partners and friends, achieve mutual success, prosper together, benefit both countries and the world.

Xi Jinping pointed out that as two major countries with different national conditions, there will inevitably be some differences between China and the United States. The key is to respect each other's core interests and major concerns and find a way to properly solve the problem. The Taiwan issue is related to China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and I hope the US side must handle it carefully. The essence of Sino-US economic and trade relations is mutual benefit and win-win results, and confrontation and conflict should not be our choice. The two sides should strengthen cooperation in accordance with the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, and do more major, practical and good things that are beneficial to the two countries and the world, so that the two giant ships of China and the United States can continue to move forward along a stable, healthy and sustainable development route.

Trump thanked President Xi Jinping for his congratulations and expressed his cherishing of his great relationship with President Xi, hoped to continue to maintain dialogue and communication, and looked forward to meeting with President Xi as soon as possible. The United States and China are the most important countries in the world today. We should maintain long-term friendship and jointly maintain world peace.

The two heads of state exchanged views on major international and regional issues of common concern such as the Ukrainian crisis and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

The two heads of state agreed to establish strategic communication channels to maintain regular contact on major issues of common concern to both countries.