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Expert: China and the US heads of state call, relations between the two countries may enter the stage of heads of state meeting

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On the evening of September 19, President Xi Jinping made an ordinary phone call with the President of the United States, openly and deeply exchanged opinions on current China-US relations and issues of common concern, and made strategic guidance on the stable development of China-US relations in the next phase.

* emphasized that Sino-US relations are very important. China and the United States can achieve each other's success and common prosperity, benefiting both countries and the world. To realize this vision, both sides must meet each other halfway and make efforts to achieve mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation. The recent consultations between the two teams have embodied the spirit of equality, respect and reciprocity, and can continue to properly handle outstanding issues in bilateral relations and strive for a win-win result.

Wu Zibao, dean of the Institute for International Issues Research at the University of Fudan, said in an interview with the press that the call released a positive and constructive signal, and the leaders of the two countries affirmed the results of the latest round of Sino-U.S. economic and trade negotiations, and expressed hope that the two sides will continue to work on achieving more results in other fields. At the same time, the call also clarified the next direction of Sino-US relations,"That is the meeting and mutual visits between the leaders of the two countries, leading the development of Sino-US relations through heads of state diplomacy."

Professor at the Institute of International Relations of the People's University of China and deputy director of the Center for American Research, Tōdai Ming, told The Press, the call showed that the head of diplomacy continued in China-US relations and played an irreplaceable key role in strategic leadership and orientation. The call ¡°confirmed the effectiveness of this practice ofining overall stability in China-U.S. relations through communication over the past period of time; responded to some of the factors that may affect the stability of China-U.S. relations over the past period of time, hoping to manage these factors well; and pointed out how to reach a consensus on how to solve some problems, such as TikTok, in the future.¡±

Sino-US relations enter a new stage

This dialogue between the heads of state of China and the United States was another call after the phone call between the two heads of state on June 5, and it was also the third phone call between the heads of state of China and the United States during the year. Prior to this call, China and the United States had held intensive rounds of high-level dialogues in multiple fields in the past two weeks.

According to Xinhua News Agency, from September 14th to 15th, He Lifeng, the Chinese leader of Sino-US economic and trade and Vice Premier of the State Council, held talks with the US leader, US Treasury Secretary Bescent and Trade Representative Greer in Madrid, Spain. The two sides actively implemented the important consensus reached by the heads of state of China and the United States, gave full play to the role of the Sino-US economic and trade consultation mechanism, and conducted frank, in-depth and constructive communication on TikTok and other economic and trade issues of mutual concern on the basis of mutual respect and equal consultation.

On September 10, the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau member, Foreign Minister Wang Yi with the U.S. Secretary of State Rubiounton telephone. Wang Yi said that the two giant ships of China and the United States should move forward together, do not divert, do not lose speed, we must adhere to the strategic leadership of the heads of the two countries and adhere to the implementation of the important consensus between the heads of the two countries.

On the evening of September 9, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun had a video call with US Defense Secretary Hegseth at request. Dong Jun said that it is necessary to uphold an open attitude, maintain communication and exchanges, and build a relationship between the two militaries featuring equality, respect, peaceful coexistence, stability and positive direction. Respect each other's core interests.

Wu Xinbo said that The call meant that China-U.S. relations entered the next phase, namely, ¡°possibly into the meeting phase.¡±He said that since this year, the Sino-U.S. relationship has gone through three stages, "January to early May is mainly based on the 'tariff war', fighting for the main.""After the June 5 call between the two heads of state, the two countries entered the 'talk to talk' stage, that call also played an important guidance role in the Sino-U.S. economic and trade negotiations. "he analyzed, "9.3" after the parade, the Sino-U.S. relationship has changed the pattern, began to prepare for a possible meeting of leaders, "the economic, trade, defense and diplomacy of the two sides have moved, creating conditions for the meeting of the prime minister, and promoting the improvement of the atmosphere of relations between the two countries."

Since Trump began his second term, he has repeatedly expressed his desire to meet with President Xi Jinping. During a call between the two leaders on June 5, President Xi Jinping had invited Trump to visit China, and Trump had then accepted the invitation. British media earlier that during the informal meeting of the leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization (APEC) held in Chongqing, Korea in October this year, China-US leaders may meet through an out-of-site meeting. In addition, the ASEAN Leaders¡¯ Summit in Malaysia in the same month, or another opportunity to meet the two, Trump said on his social platform after the 19th call, ¡°He will meet the leaders of South Korea and China in October.¡±

He also believed that the three calls were conducted when the Sino-U.S. relationship faced key nodes: the first call was before Trump's second appointment, "expressed the positive will of the Chinese side to stabilize the Sino-U.S. relationship, develop the Sino-U.S. relationship, and the Chinese willingness to communicate with the Trump government.""The second call was conducted after the US launched the so-called "liberation day" "tariff war" and the first round of economic and trade talks in Geneva, "is to further resolve differences in the economic and trade field through dialogue and consultation, further stabilize the Sino-U.S. relationship, win-win results, and promote the confirmation and promotion.""Before the third call, the Sino-U.S. side further advan

¡°Overall, these several calls have effectively determined the stability of the Sino-U.S. relationship,¡± he said, ¡°and, in the face of the simultaneous existence of some opportunities and challenges, continue to stabilize the direction of the Sino-U.S. relationship.¡±

Talks on key issues

During this call, the two heads of state exchanged views on a number of key topics related to bilateral relations recently.

On September 3, 2025, a conference to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japan and the World Anti-Fascist War was grandly held in Beijing. This is the release of balloons at the commemorative conference site. Xinhua News Agency photo

According to Xinhua Agency, Xi Jinping pointed out that China and the United States were allies fighting side by side in World War II. Not long ago, China solemnly held an event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the China People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, and invited the survivors of members of the American Flying Tigers to board the Tiananmen Gate to watch the military parade. The China people will never forget the valuable support provided by the United States and other anti-fascist allies to China's War of Resistance.

In the past period of time, a few people in the United States have been misinterpreting the significance of China's commemorative activities, especially the military parade, and some American politicians have tried to distort the history of World War II, such as hyping up the so-called "Taiwan Province's status is undecided". This practice of reversing black and white and confusing the audience has been strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposed by China. Diao Daming said that * 's statement clearly expressed to Trump and the United States that "China cherishes the positive role played by peace-loving people in the United States in the historical process, and hopes that the United States can go hand in hand, remember history, cherish peace and create the future together". At the same time, "it is also a positive response to some people in the United States' unnecessary or even ulterior misinterpretation of China's normal national agenda."

According to Xinhua news agency, Xi Jinping stressed that China's position on the TikTok issue is clear, the Chinese government respects the will of enterprises and is happy to see enterprises do business negotiations on the basis of compliance with market rules, reach a solution that complies with China's laws and regulations, interest balance. Hopefully the U.S. provides an open, fair and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese enterprises to invest in the U.S. Trump said that the U.S. wants to promote economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, will support the two teams' consultations, and properly solve the TikTok issue.

On September 20, TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, issued an announcement. Thanks to the leaders of China and the United States for their concern for TikTok, "ByteDance will advance relevant work in accordance with the requirements of Chinese laws, so that TikTok America can continue to serve the majority of American users."

On September 15, local time, China's Ministry of Commerce International Trade Negotiations Representative and Deputy Minister Li Zhen Steel said that during the talks in Madrid, the two sides had a sincere and in-depth exchange around TikTok and China's concerns, and reached a basic framework consensus on properly solving TikTok-related issues in a cooperative manner, reducing investment barriers, and promoting economic and trade cooperation.

According to U.S. media reports, Trump on 16 December for the fourth time extended the implementation of the TikTok ban to December 16, 2025. he told reporters that the U.S. ¡°has an agreement on TikTok.¡±

Wu Xinbo said that in fact, since the relevant ban came into effect on January 19, the Trump administration has extended the grace period for the ban many times,"it has to end it at all." He said that the TikTok issue is not just a technical issue."It involves issues such as China's investment rights and interests in the United States and the United States 'need to improve China's investment environment in the United States. In addition, there are also U.S. technological suppression of China and the so-called' entity list'. These are all issues that China hopes the United States will solve."

"Of course, the United States also has corresponding demands," Wu Xinbo said."The phone calls between heads of state and even future heads of state meetings can reach more consensuses and agreements in the economic and trade field, which will help further stabilize Sino-US economic and trade relations."

"China has the ability to control and stabilize Sino-US relations"

Although the phone call between leaders and the possible meeting of heads of state in the future are a positive factor for the future development of Sino-US relations, the situation that China and the United States are still facing a fierce game may not change much in the short term.

In the geopolitical sphere, according to U.S. media reports on September 18, the Trump administration has been quietly pushing for a plan in recent months to seek to re-deploy U.S. troops to the Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan. The report said that Trump, who was visiting Britain on September 18, publicly declared at a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Stammer that the U.S. ¡°wants to take back that base.¡±

Bagram Air Force Base is about 50 kilometers away from Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. It was once the largest military base of the United States in Afghanistan and the central hub of the 20-year war in Afghanistan led by the United States. Until August 2021, when U.S. and NATO troops withdrew from Afghanistan, the base was also abandoned together. Currently, the base is managed by the Ministry of Defense of the Afghan interim government. According to a report by Qatar Al Jazeera on the 19th, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Afghan interim government said that the United States would not be allowed to maintain a military presence in Afghanistan.

At the same time, just earlier this week, China and the United States launched a new round of games in the field of high-tech. On September 12, the U.S. government announced the inclusion of 32 enterprises in the entity list, which involves 23 Chinese enterprises. As a counterpart, on September 13, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced the launch of an anti-discrimination investigation into U.S. measures in the field of integrated circuit integration. A spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said that in recent years, the United States has taken a series of prohibitions and restrictions against China in the field of integrated circuit integration, including 301 investigation and export control measures. These protectionist practices are suspected of discrimination against China, are the suppression of high-tech industries such as China's development of advanced comp

Trump's second term is thought to be very likely to continue his first term and the main geo-strategy of the Biden administration, this trend can indeed affect the stability of Sino-U.S. relations, "but the U.S. government still has the willingness to maintain communication with China, it should be more through dialogue and communication to effectively control some of the trends in its foreign strategy." he said, in the face of this situation, more highlighted the role of the Chief Foreign Minister on the Sino-U.S. relationship "strategic leadership, directional guidance", "if there is enough atmosphere and atmosphere to meet the Chief, it means to ensure the overall stability of Sino-U.S. relations in the future."

"In the past period of time, China has continued to show the world its positive will to control and stabilize Sino-US relations as always. At the same time, it has also demonstrated its confidence, determination and ability to deal with all challenges, pressures, containment and containment from the United States," Diao Daming said. "This is enough to prove that on the one hand, we will strive to keep Sino-US relations stable, and we are fully prepared and capable of defending the interests of the country and the people and the basic stability of the world and the region."

Wu Xinbo also said that unlike the first term of China and the United States, which "talked first and then fought", since the opening of Trump's second term, China and the United States have "fought first and then talked", and "Americans have also learned China's will and ability to defend national interests". He said that from now on, the phone call between the two heads of state has "set the tone" for the next step of Sino-US relations. "The first is to continuously push forward negotiations in economic, trade and other fields and strive for more results. The second is that the two sides move in the opposite direction to maintain the stability of Sino-US relations together. Generally speaking, it is a reasonable expectation that Sino-US relations, which fluctuated violently some time ago, can slowly stabilize and develop forward instead of going backwards."