China’s Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao spoke alongside different senior officers at a press convention on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.
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BEIJING — The U.S. and China can nonetheless discover methods to work collectively, Chinese language Commerce Minister Wang Wentao instructed reporters Friday, forward of an anticipated assembly between the presidents of each international locations on Oct. 30.
“Basic Secretary Xi Jinping has confused that dialogue and cooperation are the one proper alternative for China and the U.S.,” Wang mentioned in Mandarin, translated by CNBC. “China, as a accountable large nation, has all the time opposed decoupling and ‘breaking the chain,’ [while] adhering to world provide chain safety and security.”
Wang mentioned that each side can discover methods to handle the problems they’ve with one another “on the premise of mutual respect.” The 2 international locations, he added, can “discover the fitting path for getting alongside, for the wholesome, steady and sustainable growth of China-U.S. relations.”
Whereas China has not but formally confirmed a gathering, the White Home mentioned in a single day that U.S. President Donald Trump and Xi are anticipated to fulfill on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation summit in South Korea subsequent Thursday.
Beijing has mentioned Vice Minister He Lifeng would journey to Malaysia from Friday to Monday for commerce talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Commerce Minister Wang was talking Friday throughout a press convention following the “Fourth Plenum,” a high-level assembly to debate five-year growth objectives, which ended Thursday.
On the identical press briefing, Han Wenxiu, a senior official throughout the Central Committee of the ruling Communist Social gathering, mentioned China should “attempt to realize main breakthroughs” in new tech drivers, whereas selling consumption and accelerating the development of a brand new power system.
“Relations between large international locations affect the worldwide state of affairs, and adjustments within the worldwide state of affairs deeply affect China’s home growth,” mentioned Han, who’s the chief deputy director of the central committee’s monetary and financial affairs workplace.